Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Proverbs 25:16 in other translations
| BSB | If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | Honey thou hast found--eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it. |
| DARBY | Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it. |
| BBE | If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down. |
| Webster | Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it. |
What does Proverbs 25:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 25:16-17
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Proverbs 25:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 25:16
- Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
- Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- Proverbs 24:13-14
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
- Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
- 1 Samuel 14:25-27
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
- Luke 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.
- Judges 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. And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
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Context
- Proverbs 25:15
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
- Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
- Proverbs 25:17
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Proverbs 25:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Hallaste la miel? come lo que te basta; no sea que te hartes de ella, y la vomites. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | As-tu trouvé du miel, manges-en ce qu’il t’en faut, de peur que tu n’en sois repu et que tu ne le vomisses. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Hast du Honig gefunden, so iß dein Genüge, damit du seiner nicht satt werdest und ihn ausspeiest. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Mel invenisti: comede quod sufficit tibi, ne forte satiatus evomas illud. |