16 If you have (A)found honey, eat (B)only enough for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

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16 If you find honey, eat just enough—
    too much of it, and you will vomit.(A)

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27 It is (A)not good to eat much honey,
    nor is it glorious to (B)seek one's own glory.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:27 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

27 It is not good to eat too much honey,(A)
    nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.(B)

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18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, for that is (B)debauchery, but (C)be filled with the Spirit,

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18 Do not get drunk on wine,(A) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,(B)

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Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves (A)lest (B)your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (C)cares of this life, and (D)that day come upon you suddenly (E)like a trap.

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34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap.

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13 My son, (A)eat honey, for it is good,
    and (B)the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, there will be (C)a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

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Saying 26

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
    honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
    If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(A)

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After some days he returned to take her. And he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. He scraped it out into his hands and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion.

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Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass, and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey. He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

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22 and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat (A)curds and honey.

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22 And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds(A) and honey.(B)

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15 He shall eat (A)curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

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15 He will be eating curds(A) and honey(B) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,

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You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
    and waste your pleasant words.

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You will vomit up the little you have eaten
    and will have wasted your compliments.

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25 Now when all the people[a] came to the forest, behold, there was honey on the ground. 26 And when the people entered the forest, behold, the honey was dropping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath, (A)so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:25 Hebrew land

25 The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When they went into the woods, they saw the honey oozing out; yet no one put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb.(A) He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:27 Or his strength was renewed; similarly in verse 29