Proverbs 25:16

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Have you found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Have you found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee; lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Hast thou found honey? - Make a moderate use of all thy enjoyments. "Let thy moderation be known unto all, and appear in all things."

Hast thou found honey? - Compare Judges 14:8; 1 Samuel 14:27. The precept extends to the pleasure of which honey is the symbol.

25:16 Honey - By honey he understands, not only all delicious meats, but all worldly delights, which we are here taught to use with moderation.

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