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class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/devash_1706.htm" title="de·Vash: honey -- Occurrence 13 of 15.">də-ḇaš</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Honey</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4672: 1) to find, attain to <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to find <BR> 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) <BR> 1a1b) to find (what is lost) <BR> 1a1c) to meet, encounter <BR> 1a1d) to find (a condition) <BR> 1a1e) to learn, devise <BR> 1a2) to find out <BR> 1a2a) to find out <BR> 1a2b) to detect <BR> 1a2c) to guess <BR> 1a3) to come upon, light upon <BR> 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with <BR> 1a3b) to hit <BR> 1a3c) to befall <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be found <BR> 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered <BR> 1b1b) to appear, be recognised <BR> 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected <BR> 1b1d) to be gained, be secured <BR> 1b2) to be, be found <BR> 1b2a) to be found in <BR> 1b2b) to be in the possession of <BR> 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be <BR> 1b2d) to be left (after war) <BR> 1b2e) to be present <BR> 1b2f) to prove to be <BR> 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) <BR> 1c1) to cause to find, attain <BR> 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come <BR> 1c3) to cause to encounter <BR> 1c4) to present (offering)">4672</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4672 -- Occurrence 356 of 455">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מָ֭צָאתָ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/matzata_4672.htm" title="Ma·tza·ta: found -- Occurrence 6 of 6.">mā-ṣā-ṯā</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">have you found</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular">V-Qal-Perf-2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to eat (human subject) <BR> 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) <BR> 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) <BR> 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) <BR> 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) <BR> 1a6) to devour (of oppression) <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be eaten (by men) <BR> 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) <BR> 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) <BR> 1c) (Pual) <BR> 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with <BR> 1c2) to cause to devour <BR> 1d) (Hiphil) <BR> 1d1) to feed <BR> 1d2) to cause to eat <BR> 1e) (Piel) <BR> 1e1) consume">398</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 398 -- Occurrence 558 of 810">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אֱכֹ֣ל<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/echol_398.htm" title="'e·Chol: burn up -- Occurrence 8 of 11.">’ĕ-ḵōl</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Eat</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular">V-Qal-Imp-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1767.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1767: 1) sufficiency, enough <BR> 1a) enough <BR> 1b) for, according to the abundance of, out of the abundance of, as often as">1767</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1767.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1767 -- Occurrence 21 of 40">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/daiyeka_1767.htm" title="dai·Ye·ka;: what -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">day-ye-kā;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">only as [much] as you need</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct :: second person masculine singular">N-msc | 2ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6435.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6435: conj<BR> 1) lest, not, beware lest <BR> adv <BR> 2) lest">6435</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6435.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6435 -- Occurrence 108 of 133">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">פֶּן־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/pen_6435.htm" title="pen-: you not -- Occurrence 105 of 128.">pen-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">lest</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunction">Conj</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7646: 1) to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to be sated (with food) <BR> 1a2) to be sated, be satisfied with, be fulfilled, be filled, have one's fill of (have desire satisfied) <BR> 1a3) to have in excess, be surfeited, be surfeited with <BR> 1a3a) to be weary of (fig) <BR> 1b) (Piel) to satisfy <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) <BR> 1c1) to satisfy <BR> 1c2) to enrich <BR> 1c3) to sate, glut (with the undesired)">7646</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7646 -- Occurrence 55 of 99">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/tisbaennu_7646.htm" title="tis·ba·'En·nu,: have -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">tiś-bā-‘en-nū,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">you be filled with it</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular :: third person masculine singular">V-Qal-Imperf-2ms | 3mse</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6958.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6958: 1) to vomit up, spue out, disgorge <BR> 1a) (Qal) to vomit <BR> 1b) (Hiphil) to vomit up<BR> 1b1) of land spewing out its inhabitants (fig) <BR> 1b2) vomiting, disgorging">6958</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6958.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6958 -- Occurrence 7 of 8">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vahaketo_6958.htm" title="va·ha·Ke·To.: and vomit -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">wa-hă-qê-ṯōw.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and vomit</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular :: third person masculine singular">Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms | 3ms</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br 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find">מָ֭צָאתָ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/398.htm" title="e·chol: burn up -- 398: to eat">אֱכֹ֣ל</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1767.htm" title="dai·yek·ka;: what -- 1767: sufficiency, enough">דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6435.htm" title="pen-: you not -- 6435: lest">פֶּן־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7646.htm" title="tis·ba·'en·nu: have -- 7646: to be sated, satisfied or surfeited">תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6958.htm" title="va·ha·ke·tov.: and vomit -- 6958: spue out, vomit out, up, up again ">וַהֲקֵֽאתֹֽו׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/proverbs/25.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4672.htm" title="matsa' (maw-tsaw') -- + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on">Hast thou found</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1706.htm" title="dbash (deb-ash') -- honey((-comb))">honey</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/398.htm" title="'akal (aw-kal') -- X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely">eat</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1767.htm" title="day (dahee) -- able, according to, after (ability), among, as (oft as), (more than) enough">so much as is sufficient</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7646.htm" title="saba' (saw-bah') -- have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with)">for thee lest thou be filled</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6958.htm" title="qow' (ko) -- spue (out), vomit (out, up, up again)">therewith and vomit it</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/25.htm">משלי 25:16 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">דְּבַ֣שׁ מָ֭צָאתָ אֱכֹ֣ל דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ פֶּן־תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ וַהֲקֵֽאתֹֽו׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/25.htm">משלי 25:16 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">דבש מצאת אכל דיך פן־תשבענו והקאתו׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/25.htm">משלי 25:16 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">דבש מצאת אכל דיך פן־תשבענו והקאתו׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/proverbs/25.htm">משלי 25:16 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">דבש מצאת אכל דיך פן תשבענו והקאתו׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/proverbs/25-16.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/25.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, That you not have it in excess and vomit it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you find honey, eat only what you need; otherwise, you'll get sick from it and vomit. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">hath</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/24-13.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 24:13,14</span> My son, eat you honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/judges/14-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Judges 14:8,9</span> And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-25.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">1 Samuel 14:25-27</span> And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground…</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-15.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Isaiah 7:15,22</span> Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, …</a></p><p class="hdg">lest</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/26-27.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 26:27</span> Whoever digs a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolls a stone, …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-8.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Proverbs 23:8</span> The morsel which you have eaten shall you vomit up, and lose your sweet words.</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Luke 21:34</span> And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Ephesians 5:18</span> And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16</a> • <a href="/niv/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/25-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 25:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 25:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/25-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 25:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 25:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>