Proverbs 25:16
Honey having found, eat to suffice thee, lest thou loathe it, and vomit it forth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh the bone.
17Withhold thy foot from the house of thy neighbour,—lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
Cross References
Judges 14:8And he returned, after a time, to take her, and went aside to see the carcass of the lion,—and lo! a swarm of bees, in the body of the lion, and, honey,
Proverbs 23:8As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.
Proverbs 25:27To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.
Isaiah 7:22Yea it shall come to pass for the abundance of the yield of milk, that he shall eat curds,—for, curds and honey, shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land.
Ephesians 5:18And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in 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 →