Proverbs 25:16

World English Bible (WEB)

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

In context

14 As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

15 By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

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

17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

WEB World English Bible: Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
KJV King James Version: Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
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.