Proverbs 25:16
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
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 much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Read in contextEphesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Read in contextProverbs 24:13–14
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Read in contextIsaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Read in context1 Samuel 14:25–27
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
Read in contextLuke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Read in contextJudges 14:8–9
And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
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