Proverbs 25:16

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Proverbs 25:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 24:13

Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 24:14

Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

Judges 14:8

When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.

Judges 14:9

So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

1 Samuel 14:25

Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

1 Samuel 14:26

And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.

1 Samuel 14:27

Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.

Isaiah 7:15

By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

Isaiah 7:22

and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

Proverbs 23:8

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Luke 21:34

But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.