Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Bible References
Hast
Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
Judges 14:8
And after a while 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.
1 Samuel 14:25
And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Lest
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
Proverbs 23:8
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
Luke 21:34
But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:
Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;