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Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.
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Proverbs 25:27 in other translations
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
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In context
24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
25 [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
26 A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous [man] that giveth way before the wicked.
27 It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.
28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is [as] a city broken down, without walls.
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