16If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 25:16
Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control
The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.
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Verse 16
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If you findמָ֭צָאתָH4672Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularhoneyדְּבַ֣שׁH1706Noun - masculine singulareatאֱכֹ֣לH398Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularjust what you needדַּיֶּ֑ךָּH1767Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularlestפֶּן־H6435Conjunctionyou have too muchתִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּH7646Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singularand vomit it upוַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃H6958Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular