OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 25:16

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Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

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Verse 16. Up. We must moderate the sensual appetite, ( Menochius.) and even the study of wisdom, which is compared to honey. Calmet. 24:13. Romans 12:3. Eccle. 7:17. Calmet.—We must not be too familiar, verse 17. Ven. Bede. Cajet.

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