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Proverbs 25:17

Withdraw your foot from your neighbour's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you.

Updated King James Version

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

16Have you found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled therewith, and vomit it.

18A man that bears false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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Cross References

Judges 19:18And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receives me to house.

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 →

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