Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 25:16

"Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it." — Proverbs 25:16 (ASV)

Have you found honey?— A common occurrence in Palestine, where swarms of wild bees abounded in the woods. (1 Samuel 14:27.) This is where the expression of a “land flowing with (milk and) honey” came from.