Proverbs 25:16
¶ Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
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- Prov 25:27 : 27 ¶ [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
- Isa 7:15 : 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
- Isa 7:22 : 22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
- Luke 21:34 : 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.›
- Eph 5:18 : 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- Judg 14:8-9 : 8 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. 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
- 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that [was] in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
- Prov 23:8 : 8 The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
- Prov 24:13-14 : 13 ¶ My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: 14 So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
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- Prov 24:13-142 verses79%
13¶ My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
14So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
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7¶ The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- Prov 23:6-83 verses77%
6¶ Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
8The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
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27¶ [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
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17¶ Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.
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24¶ Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Prov 23:2-32 verses70%
2And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
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10More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
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15¶ By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
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20¶ A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
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103¶ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
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17¶ Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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12Lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein];
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17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
- Job 20:12-154 verses69%
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;
13[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
14[Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.
15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
- 1 Sam 14:25-262 verses69%
25And all [they of] the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
26And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
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24When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put [any] in thy vessel.
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16Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
- Prov 5:2-32 verses68%
2That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
3For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
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17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
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25¶ The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
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5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.
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29Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
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10¶ When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
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18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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7¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.
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15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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2Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
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20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
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14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
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17Blessed [art] thou, O land, when thy king [is] the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
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19My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, [wherewith] I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and [thus] it was, saith the Lord GOD.
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11And houses full of all good [things], which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
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16¶ Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
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12The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.
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25Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.