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Proverbs 25:16

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 25:16 in other translations

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

Proverbs 25:16 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 25:16 in context

  1. 14As clouds and wind without rain,
    so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
  2. 15By patience a ruler is persuaded.
    A soft tongue breaks the bone.
  3. 16Have you found honey?
    Eat as much as is sufficient for you,
    lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
  4. 17Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
    lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
  5. 18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor
    is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.