Proverbs 25:17
Do not go to your neighbor’s house very often to talk with him; if you go very often, he will get tired of listening to you and start to hate you.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
In Context
16If you find some honey, do not eat a lot of it, because doing that may cause you to vomit.
Cross References
Judges 19:18He replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem to my home in the hilly area where people of the tribe of Ephraim live. I went from there to Bethlehem, but now we are going to Shiloh where Yahweh’s Sacred tent (OR, my house) is. No one here has invited us to stay in their house tonight.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:17
16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. Here, 1. We are allowed a sober and moderate use of the delights of sense: Hast thou found honey? It is not forbidden fruit to thee, as it was to Jonathan; thou mayest eat of it with thanksgiving to God, who, having created things grateful to our senses, has given us leave to make use of them. Eat as much as is sufficient, and no more. Enough is as good as a feast. 2. We are cautioned to take heed of… Read the whole commentary →