THEOSISProverbs 25:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Thou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient for thee, lest being glutted therewith thou vomit it up.
דְּבַ֣שׁ מָ֭צָאתָ אֱכֹ֣ל דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ פֶּן־תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 25:27As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory.
- Eph 5:18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit,
- Prov 24:13Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat.
- Prov 24:14So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.
- Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life: and that day come upon you suddenly.
- Judg 14:8And after some days, returning to take her, he went aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold there was a swarm of bees in the mouth of the lion, and a honey-comb.
- Judg 14:9And when he had taken it in his hands, he went on eating: and coming to his father and mother, he gave them of it, and they ate: but he would not tell them that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.
- Isa 7:15He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.