Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you find honey, eat just enough— too much of it, and you will vomit. New Living Translation Do you like honey? Don’t eat too much, or it will make you sick! English Standard Version If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it. Berean Standard Bible If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. King James Bible Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. New King James Version Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, Lest you be filled with it and vomit. New American Standard Bible Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, So that you do not have it in excess and vomit it. NASB 1995 Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, That you not have it in excess and vomit it. NASB 1977 Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, Lest you have it in excess and vomit it. Legacy Standard Bible Have you found honey? Eat only enough for you, Lest you have more than your fill and vomit it. Amplified Bible Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need, Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it. Christian Standard Bible If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit. Holman Christian Standard Bible If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit. American Standard Version Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. Contemporary English Version Eating too much honey can make you sick. English Revised Version Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee; lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. GOD'S WORD® Translation When you find honey, eat only as much as you need. Otherwise, you will have too much and vomit. Good News Translation Never eat more honey than you need; too much may make you vomit. International Standard Version If you find some honey, eat only what you need. Take too much, and you'll vomit. Majority Standard Bible If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. NET Bible When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up. New Heart English Bible Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it. Webster's Bible Translation Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have found honey—eat your sufficiency, "" Lest you are satiated [with] it, and have vomited it. Young's Literal Translation Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it. Smith's Literal Translation Thou didst find honey; eat thy sufficiency, lest thou shalt be satiated, and thou vomit it forth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient for thee, lest being glutted therewith thou vomit it up. Catholic Public Domain Version You have discovered honey; eat what is sufficient for you, lest perhaps, being filled up, you may vomit it. New American Bible If you find honey, eat only what you need, lest you have your fill and vomit it up. New Revised Standard Version If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, or else, having too much, you will vomit it. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhen you find honey, eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Whenever you have found honey, eat enough for you, lest when you are full, you vomit it. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. Brenton Septuagint Translation Having found honey, eat only what is enough, lest haply thou be filled, and vomit it up. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context More Proverbs of Solomon…15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone. 16If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. 17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.… Cross References Proverbs 23:1-3 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, / and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. / Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. Proverbs 24:13-14 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. / 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. Ecclesiastes 7:16-18 Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? / Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time? / It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings. Philippians 4:5 Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near. 1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. 1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God. 1 Timothy 6:6-8 Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. / For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. / But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6:19-21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” James 5:5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. 1 Peter 4:3-4 For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. / Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Romans 13:13-14 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. / Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. 1 Corinthians 6:12 “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything. Treasury of Scripture Have you found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled therewith, and vomit it. hath Proverbs 24:13,14 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: … 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… 1 Samuel 14:25-27 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground… lest Proverbs 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. Proverbs 23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 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. Jump to Previous Able Eat Enough Excess Fear Filled Find Found Full Honey Need Sated Satiated Sufficiency Sufficient Therewith Vomit VomitedJump to Next Able Eat Enough Excess Fear Filled Find Found Full Honey Need Sated Satiated Sufficiency Sufficient Therewith Vomit VomitedProverbs 25 1. observations about kings8. and about avoiding causes of quarrels If you find honey The phrase "If you find honey" suggests a discovery of something sweet and desirable. In ancient times, honey was a rare and valuable commodity, often associated with abundance and blessing. The Hebrew word for honey, "דְּבַשׁ" (devash), is frequently used in the Bible to symbolize prosperity and delight. This phrase encourages the reader to recognize and appreciate the good things in life, acknowledging that such blessings are gifts from God. It also implies that these blessings are not always readily available and should be cherished when found. eat just what you need lest you have too much and vomit it up Ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἀνάπαυσις ἐν παντὶ γλυκεῖα ἔργῳκόρον δ ἔχει "Men are with all things sated - sleep, and love, "Est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, Hebrew If you findמָ֭צָאתָ (mā·ṣā·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present honey, דְּבַ֣שׁ (də·ḇaš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup eat אֱכֹ֣ל (’ĕ·ḵōl) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat just what you need, דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ (day·ye·kā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1767: Sufficiency, enough lest פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest you have too much תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ (tiś·bā·‘en·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited and vomit it up. וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃ (wa·hă·qê·ṯōw) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6958: Spue out, vomit out, up, up again Links Proverbs 25:16 NIVProverbs 25:16 NLT Proverbs 25:16 ESV Proverbs 25:16 NASB Proverbs 25:16 KJV Proverbs 25:16 BibleApps.com Proverbs 25:16 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 25:16 Chinese Bible Proverbs 25:16 French Bible Proverbs 25:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 25:16 Have you found honey? Eat as much (Prov. Pro Pr) |
    |