Proverbs 25:16

If you find honey, eat just enough— 1 otherwise, having too much of it, you vomit it up. 1

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Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

In Context

15With patience a ruler can be persuaded 1 and a soft tongue can break a bone. 1

17Do not set your foot in your neighbor's house too often, 1 he may become tired of you and hate you. 1

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Cross References

Judges 14:8A few days later when he returned to marry her, he turned aside to look for the carcass of the lion. And, look, there was a swarm of bees and honey in what was left of the lion's body.

Proverbs 23:8You will vomit up the little you have eaten 1 and you will have wasted your compliments. 1

Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat too much honey; 1 that is like searching for honor after honor. + 25:27 Modern versions have different interpretations of this difficult verse. 1

Isaiah 7:22and because of the abundance of milk which they shall give, he will eat curds, 1 for everyone left in the land will eat curds and honey. 1

Ephesians 5:18And do not get drunk with wine, for that leads to reckless behavior. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:16

Miscellaneous Maxims. 15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Two things are here recommended to us, in dealing with others, as likely means to gain our point:—1. Patience, to bear a present heat without being put into a heat by it, and to wait for a fit opportunity to offer our reasons and to give persons time to consider them. By this means even a prince may be persuaded to do a thing which he seemed very averse to, much more a common person. That which is justice and… Read the whole commentary →

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