Proverbs 25:16 “If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and…”

Proverbs 25:16

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

If thou haue found hony, eate that is sufficient for thee, least thou be ouerfull, and vomit it.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Honey thou hast found — eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“Hast”

1 Samuel 14:25–27 Isaiah 7:15 Isaiah 7:22 Proverbs 24:13 Proverbs 24:14 Judges 14:8

1 Samuel 14:25–27 · BSB

Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

Isaiah 7:15 · BSB

By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

Isaiah 7:22 · BSB

and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

Proverbs 24:13 · BSB

Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 24:14 · BSB

Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

Judges 14:8 · BSB

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.

“lest”

Proverbs 25:27 Ephesians 5:18 Luke 21:34 Proverbs 23:8

Proverbs 25:27 · BSB

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

Ephesians 5:18 · BSB

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Luke 21:34 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 23:8 · BSB

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

Read Proverbs 25