Proverbs 25:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

If thou haue found hony, eate that is sufficient for thee, least thou be ouerfull, & vomit it.

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  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
  • Isa 7:15 : 15 Butter and hony shal he eate, till he haue knowledge to refuse the euill, and to chuse the good.
  • Isa 7:22 : 22 And for the abundance of milke, that they shall giue, hee shall eate butter: for butter and hony shall euery one eate, which is left within the land.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Take heede to your selues, lest at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfeting and drunkennesse, and cares of this life, and least that day come on you at vnwares.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,
  • Judg 14:8-9 : 8 And within a fewe dayes, when he returned to receiue her, he went aside to see the karkeis of the Lion: and behold, there was a swarme of bees, and hony in the body of the Lyon. 9 And he tooke therof in his handes, and went eating, and came to his father and to his mother, and gaue vnto them, and they did eate: but hee told not them, that he had taken the hony out of the body of the lyon.
  • 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 And all they of the land came to a wood, where hony lay vpon the ground. 26 And the people came into the wood, and beholde, the hony dropped, and no man mooued his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the othe. 27 But Ionathan heard not when his father charged the people with the othe: wherefore he put foorth the ende of the rod that was in his hand, and dipt it in an hony combe, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes receiued sight.
  • Prov 23:8 : 8 Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth. 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth.

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 27:7
    78%

    7The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

  • Prov 23:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.

    7For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.

    8Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.

  • Prov 25:27
    77%

    27It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.

  • Prov 25:17
    76%

    17Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house, least he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

  • Prov 16:24
    72%

    24Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.

  • Prov 23:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.

    3Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.

  • Ps 19:10
    70%

    10And more to be desired then golde, yea, then much fine golde: sweeter also then honie and the honie combe.

  • Prov 25:15
    70%

    15A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.

  • Prov 18:20
    70%

    20With the fruite of a mans mouth shall his belly be satisfied, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

  • Ps 119:103
    70%

    103Howe sweete are thy promises vnto my mouth! yea, more then hony vnto my mouth.

  • Prov 20:17
    70%

    17The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.

  • Deut 8:12
    70%

    12Lest when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast built goodly houses & dwelt therein,

  • Prov 9:17
    70%

    17Stollen waters are sweete, and hid bread is pleasant.

  • Job 20:12-15
    4 verses
    69%

    12When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,

    13And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,

    14Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.

    15He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.

  • 1 Sam 14:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25And all they of the land came to a wood, where hony lay vpon the ground.

    26And the people came into the wood, and beholde, the hony dropped, and no man mooued his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the othe.

  • Deut 23:24
    69%

    24When thou commest vnto thy neighbours vineyard, then thou mayest eate grapes at thy pleasure, as much as thou wilt: but thou shalt put none in thy vessell.

  • Eccl 7:16
    69%

    16(7:18) Be not thou iust ouermuch, neither make thy selfe ouerwise: wherefore shouldest thou be desolate?

  • Prov 5:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

    3For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.

  • Job 20:17
    68%

    17He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.

  • Prov 13:25
    68%

    25The righteous eateth to the contentation of his minde: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • Prov 9:5
    68%

    5Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.

  • 1 Sam 14:29
    68%

    29Then said Ionathan, My father hath troubled the land: see nowe howe mine eyes are made cleare, because I haue tasted a litle of this honie:

  • Deut 8:10
    68%

    10And when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, thou shalt blesse the Lord thy God for the good land, which he hath giuen thee.

  • Prov 22:18
    68%

    18For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.

  • Eccl 6:7
    68%

    7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • Eccl 5:10
    68%

    10(5:9) He that loueth siluer, shall not be satisfied with siluer, and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite thereof: this also is vanitie.

  • Isa 7:15
    68%

    15Butter and hony shal he eate, till he haue knowledge to refuse the euill, and to chuse the good.

  • Isa 55:2
    68%

    2Wherefore doe ye lay out siluer and not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate that which is good, and let your soule delite in fatnes.

  • Prov 23:20
    67%

    20Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.

  • Mic 6:14
    67%

    14Thou shalt eate and not be satisfied, and thy casting downe shall be in the mids of thee, and thou shalt take holde, but shalt not deliuer: and that which thou deliuerest, will I giue vp to the sworde.

  • Eccl 10:17
    67%

    17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy King is the sonne of nobles, and thy princes eate in time, for strength and not for drunkennesse.

  • Ezek 16:19
    67%

    19My meate also, which I gaue thee, as fine floure, oyle, and honie, wherewith I fedde thee, thou hast euen set it before them for a sweete sauour: thus it was, saith the Lord God.

  • Deut 6:11
    67%

    11And houses full of all maner of goods which thou filledst not, and welles digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards & oliue trees which thou plantedst not, and when thou hast eaten and art full,

  • Prov 15:16
    67%

    16Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

  • Prov 5:20
    67%

    20For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

  • Prov 3:10
    67%

    10So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.

  • Eccl 5:12
    67%

    12(5:11) The sleepe of him that traueileth, is sweete, whether he eate litle or much: but the sacietie of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe.

  • Prov 30:32
    67%

    32If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth.

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go wel with thee; and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the Lord: