Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
In other versions
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
ASV
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.
BBE
Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
DBY
Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, Lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
WEB
Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated `with' it, and hast vomited it.
YLT
Have you found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled therewith, and vomit it.
ENG
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
WBT
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
BSB
In context
14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
