16 If you find honey, eat just enough—
    too much of it, and you will vomit.(A)
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
    too much of you, and they will hate you.

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16 If you find some honey,
    eat only what you need.
Take too much,
    and you’ll vomit.

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s home;
    otherwise, he’ll grow weary and hate you.

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16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

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