Proverbs 25:16
You have found honey–eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
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- Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
- Isa 7:15 : 15 He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.
- Isa 7:22 : 22 From the abundance of milk they produce, he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.
- Luke 21:34 : 34 Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
- Eph 5:18 : 18 And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
- Judg 14:8-9 : 8 Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey. 9 He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion’s carcass.
- 1 Sam 14:25-27 : 25 Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the army entered the forest, they saw the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, for the army was afraid of the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed.
- Prov 23:8 : 8 you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
- Prov 24:13-14 : 13 Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. 14 Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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- Prov 24:13-142 verses79%
13Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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7The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
- Prov 23:6-83 verses77%
6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
7for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
8you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
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27It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
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17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
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24Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- Prov 23:2-32 verses70%
2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
3Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
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10They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.
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15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.
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20From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied, with the product of his lips he will be satisfied.
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103Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!
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17Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,
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17“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”
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12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
13if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,
14his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.
15The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.
- 1 Sam 14:25-262 verses69%
25Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.
26When the army entered the forest, they saw the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, for the army was afraid of the oath.
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24When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container.
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16So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.
- Prov 5:2-32 verses68%
2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.
3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
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17He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.
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25The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.
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5“Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.
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29Then Jonathan said,“My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed when I tasted just a little of this honey.
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10You will eat your fill and then praise the LORD your God because of the good land he has given you.
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18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.
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7All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!
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10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.
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15He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.
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2Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!
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20Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
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14You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.
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17Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time– with self-control and not in drunkenness.
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19As for my food that I gave you– the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you– you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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11houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant– and you eat your fill,
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16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.
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20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?
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10then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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12The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
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32If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!
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25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.