Proverbs 25:16

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If you find honey, eat only as much as you need, lest you eat too much of it and vomit.

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  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own glory.
  • Isa 7:15 : 15 He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right.
  • Isa 7:22 : 22 And because of the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds, for everyone left in the land will eat curds and honey.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit.
  • Judg 14:8-9 : 8 Later, when he returned to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass. Inside it, he saw a swarm of bees and some honey. 9 He scooped the honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. When he returned to his father and mother, he gave them some, and they ate it too. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.
  • 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 The entire army entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the people entered the forest, they saw honey flowing, but no one dared to lift a hand to his mouth because the people were afraid of the oath. 27 Jonathan, however, had not heard his father make the people swear the oath. So he reached out the tip of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and raised it to his mouth. His eyes then brightened.
  • Prov 23:8 : 8 You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste. 14 In the same way, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:13-14
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    13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste.

    14In the same way, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 27:7
    78%

    7A satisfied soul tramples on honey, but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 23:6-8
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    77%

    6Do not eat the bread of a stingy person, nor crave his delicacies.

    7For as he thinks within himself, so is he. He says to you, 'Eat and drink,' but his heart is not with you.

    8You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

  • Prov 25:27
    77%

    27It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own glory.

  • Prov 25:17
    76%

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

  • Prov 16:24
    72%

    24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  • Prov 23:2-3
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    2Place a knife to your throat if you are a person given to appetite.

    3Do not crave his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • Ps 19:10
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    10The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, and altogether righteous.

  • Prov 25:15
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    15With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

  • Prov 18:20
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    20From the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach is filled; he is satisfied with the yield of his lips.

  • Ps 119:103
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    103How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  • Prov 20:17
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    17Food gained by deceit is sweet to a person, but afterward their mouth is full of gravel.

  • Deut 8:12
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    12Otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built fine houses and settled in them,

  • Prov 9:17
    70%

    17Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious.

  • Job 20:12-15
    4 verses
    69%

    12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

    13though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth,

    14yet his food in his stomach is turned to the venom of cobras within him.

    15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach.

  • 1 Sam 14:25-26
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    69%

    25The entire army entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

    26When the people entered the forest, they saw honey flowing, but no one dared to lift a hand to his mouth because the people were afraid of the oath.

  • Deut 23:24
    69%

    24Whatever comes out of your lips, you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

  • Eccl 7:16
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    16Do not be overly righteous, neither make yourself too wise—why destroy yourself?

  • Prov 5:2-3
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    2So you may preserve discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

    3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

  • Job 20:17
    68%

    17He will not see the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and butter.

  • Prov 13:25
    68%

    25The righteous eat to their heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Prov 9:5
    68%

    5Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

  • 1 Sam 14:29
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    29Jonathan said, 'My father has brought trouble to the land. See how my eyes have brightened because I tasted just a little of this honey.'

  • Deut 8:10
    68%

    10You will eat and be satisfied, and you will bless the Lord your God for the good land He has given you.

  • Prov 22:18
    68%

    18For it is pleasant when you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips all together.

  • Eccl 6:7
    68%

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Eccl 5:10
    68%

    10As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

  • Isa 7:15
    68%

    15He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right.

  • Isa 55:2
    68%

    2Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food.

  • Prov 23:20
    67%

    20Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat.

  • Mic 6:14
    67%

    14You will eat but not be satisfied, and your emptiness will remain within you. You will store up but not save, and what you do save, I will give over to the sword.

  • Eccl 10:17
    67%

    17Blessed are you, O land, whose king is the son of nobles, and whose princes eat at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

  • Ezek 16:19
    67%

    19Also, the food I provided for you–the fine flour, oil, and honey that I fed you–you set before them as a pleasing aroma. And so it was, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Deut 6:11
    67%

    11with houses full of every good thing that you did not fill, wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—when you eat and are satisfied.

  • Prov 15:16
    67%

    16Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and turmoil with it.

  • Prov 5:20
    67%

    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 3:10
    67%

    10Then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

  • Eccl 5:12
    67%

    12I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.

  • Prov 30:32
    67%

    32If you have acted foolishly by exalting yourself, or if you have devised evil, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.