Proverbs 25:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
In context
14 Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
16 If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Proverbs 25:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
- KJV King James Version
- Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
- WEB World English Bible
- Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Honey thou hast found — eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.