Proverbs 25:16
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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- Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
- Isa 7:15 : 15 Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.
- Isa 7:22 : 22 And they will give so much milk that he will be able to have butter for his food: for butter and honey will be the food of all who are still living in the land.
- Luke 21:34 : 34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
- Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
- Judg 14:8-9 : 8 Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there. 9 And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.
- 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it; 26 But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse. 27 But Jonathan, having no knowledge of the oath his father had put on the people, stretching out the rod which was in his hand, put the end of it in the honey, and put it to his mouth; then his eyes were made bright.
- Prov 23:8 : 8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
- Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste: 14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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- Prov 24:13-142 verses79%
13 My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:
14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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7 The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
- Prov 23:6-83 verses77%
6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
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27 It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
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17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.
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24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
- Prov 23:2-32 verses70%
2 And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
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10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.
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15 A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.
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20 With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.
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103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!
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17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
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12 And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;
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17 Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.
- Job 20:12-154 verses69%
12 Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue;
13 Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;
14 His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.
15 He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.
- 1 Sam 14:25-262 verses69%
25 And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it;
26 But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse.
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24 When you go into your neighbour's vine-garden, you may take of his grapes at your pleasure, but you may not take them away in your vessel.
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16 Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?
- Prov 5:2-32 verses68%
2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.
3 For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
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17 Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.
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25 The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.
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5 Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.
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29 Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.
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10 And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
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18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.
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7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
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10 When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?
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15 Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.
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2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
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20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
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14 You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.
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17 Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.
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19 And my bread which I gave you, the best meal and oil and honey which I gave you for your food, you put it before them for a sweet smell, says the Lord.
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11 And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;
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16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.
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20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?
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10 So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.
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12 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.
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32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.
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25 Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.