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Proverbs 25:16

What does Proverbs 25:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 25:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Honey thou hast found--eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated <FI>with<Fi> it, and hast vomited it.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient for thee, lest being glutted therewith thou vomit it up.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.

Context

v.15By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

v.16This passage

v.17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 24:13

    My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:

  • 1 Samuel 14:25

    And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.

  • Judges 14:8

    And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

  • Ephesians 5:18

    And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

  • Proverbs 25:27

    It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.

  • Isaiah 7:15

    Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

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