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 honey because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste.
Judges 14:8
A few days later Samson returned to marry her. On the way he left the road to look at the lion he had killed. He found a swarm of bees and some honey inside the dead body.
1 Samuel 14:25
All the people came to the forest. There was honey on the ground. The bees had gone from it.
Isaiah 7:15
He will eat butter and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right.
Lest
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat too much honey. To seek ones own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 23:8
You vomit the morsel you eat and waste your complements.
Luke 21:34
Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.
Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit.