Verse 16

You have found honey–eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

Referenced Verses

• 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.