Proverbs 25:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.”
מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
פֵּן
lest
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פֵּן
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
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דַּי
sufficiency/ your
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דַּי
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
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שָׂבַע
you should be surfeited with/ it
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שָׂבַע
you should be surfeited with/ it
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
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דְּבַשׁ
honey
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דְּבַשׁ
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
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