Proverbs 25:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ If you find honey,  eat only what you need; otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest, being filled with it, you vomit it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ If you find honey, eat just the right amount; otherwise, you’ll get full and vomit it up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ You have discovered honey; eat what is sufficient for you, lest perhaps, being filled up, you may vomit it.

Proverbs 25:16 Cross References

Proverbs 23:8

You will vomit the little you’ve eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Proverbs 25:17

Seldom set foot in your neighbour’s house; otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat too much honey or to seek glory after glory.  ,

Ecclesiastes 7:16

Don’t be excessively righteous, and don’t be overly wise.  Why should you destroy yourself?

Isaiah 7:15

By the time he learns to reject what is bad and choose what is good,  he will be eating curds  and honey.

Isaiah 7:22

and from the abundant milk they give he will eat curds, for every survivor in the land will eat curds and honey.

Luke 21:34

‘Be on your guard,   so that your minds are not dulled   from carousing,   drunkenness,   and worries of life,   or that day will come on you unexpectedly

Ephesians 5:18

And don’t get drunk  with wine,  which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit: