Proverbs 25:16

דְּבַשׁ מָצָאתָ אֱכֹל דַּיֶּךָּ פֶּן ־ תִּשְׂבָּעֶנּוּ וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15בְּאֹרֶךְ אַפַּיִם יְפֻתֶּה קָצִין וְלָשׁוֹן רַכָּה תִּשְׁבָּר ־ גָּֽרֶם ׃

17הֹקַר רַגְלְךָ מִבֵּית רֵעֶךָ פֶּן ־ יִשְׂבָּעֲךָ וּשְׂנֵאֶֽךָ ׃

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Cross References

Judges 14:8וַיָּשָׁב מִיָּמִים לְקַחְתָּהּ וַיָּסַר לִרְאוֹת אֵת מַפֶּלֶת הָאַרְיֵה וְהִנֵּה עֲדַת דְּבוֹרִים בִּגְוִיַּת הָאַרְיֵה וּדְבָֽשׁ ׃

Proverbs 23:8פִּֽתְּךָ ־ אָכַלְתָּ תְקִיאֶנָּה וְשִׁחַתָּ דְּבָרֶיךָ הַנְּעִימִֽים ׃

Proverbs 25:27אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא ־ טוֹב וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבֽוֹד ׃

Isaiah 7:22וְהָיָה מֵרֹב עֲשׂוֹת חָלָב יֹאכַל חֶמְאָה כִּֽי ־ חֶמְאָה וּדְבַשׁ יֹאכֵל כָּל ־ הַנּוֹתָר בְּקֶרֶב הָאָֽרֶץ ׃

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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