Proverbs 25:16
14 Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
- KJV
- Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
- WEB
- Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
- ASV
- Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
- DARBY
- Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
- BLB
- You have found honey, eat your sufficiency, lest you be filled up with it and vomit it out.
- ÅB
- Har du funnet honning, så spis av den det du trenger, for at du ikke skal bli lei av den og spy den ut!
- OTB
- Hvis du finner honning, spis bare det du trenger, for at du ikke skal få for mye og spy.
- B1930
- Har du funnet honning, så et av den det du trenger, forat du ikke skal bli lei av den og spy den ut!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
Read in contextEphesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Read in contextProverbs 24:13–14
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:15
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
Read in context1 Samuel 14:25–27
Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
Read in contextLuke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Read in contextJudges 14:8–9
When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
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