Proverbs 25:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, lest you be filled with it and vomit.

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  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glory to search out one's own 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, because of the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall everyone eat who is left in the land.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly.
  • Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which 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 carcass of the lion. And behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. 9 And he took some in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them some, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
  • 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 All the people of the land came to a forest, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the people came into the forest, behold, the honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard when his father charged the people with the oath, so he put out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
  • Prov 23:8 : 8 The morsel which you have eaten, you shall vomit up, and lose your sweet words.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste. 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13 My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste.

    14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 27:7
    78%

    7 The full soul loathes honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 23:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6 Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

    7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

    8 The morsel which you have eaten, you shall vomit up, and lose your sweet words.

  • Prov 25:27
    77%

    27 It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.

  • Prov 25:17
    76%

    17 Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

  • Prov 16:24
    72%

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

  • Prov 23:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

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

  • Ps 19:10
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    10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

  • Prov 25:15
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    15 By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

  • Prov 18:20
    70%

    20 A man's stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he will be filled with the produce of his lips.

  • Ps 119:103
    70%

    103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  • Prov 20:17
    70%

    17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Deut 8:12
    70%

    12 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses, and dwelt therein;

  • Prov 9:17
    70%

    17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

  • Job 20:12-15
    4 verses
    69%

    12 Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

    13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth,

    14 Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the venom of asps within him.

    15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.

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

    25 All the people of the land came to a forest, and there was honey on the ground.

    26 When the people came into the forest, behold, the honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

  • Deut 23:24
    69%

    24 When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat grapes to your satisfaction at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your vessel.

  • Eccl 7:16
    69%

    16 Do not be overly righteous, nor make yourself overly wise; why should you destroy yourself?

  • Prov 5:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2 That you may keep discretion, and that your lips may preserve knowledge.

    3 For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Job 20:17
    68%

    17 He shall not see the rivers, the streams, the brooks of honey and butter.

  • Prov 13:25
    68%

    25 The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

  • Prov 9:5
    68%

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

  • 1 Sam 14:29
    68%

    29 Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See, my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

  • Deut 8:10
    68%

    10 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.

  • Prov 22:18
    68%

    18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.

  • Eccl 6:7
    68%

    7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

  • Eccl 5:10
    68%

    10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

  • Isa 7:15
    68%

    15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.

  • Isa 55:2
    68%

    2 Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.

  • Prov 23:20
    67%

    20 Do not be among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of meat:

  • Mic 6:14
    67%

    14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied; hunger shall be in your midst; you shall take hold, but shall not deliver; and what you deliver I will give up to the sword.

  • Eccl 10:17
    67%

    17 Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

  • Ezek 16:19
    67%

    19 My food also which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you have even set it before them for a sweet aroma; and thus it was, says the Lord GOD.

  • Deut 6:11
    67%

    11 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full;

  • Prov 15:16
    67%

    16 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Prov 5:20
    67%

    20 And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 3:10
    67%

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

  • Eccl 5:12
    67%

    12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Prov 30:32
    67%

    32 If you have acted foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand on your mouth.

  • Deut 12:25
    67%

    25 You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

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