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Proverbs 25:27
As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory.
Proverbs 25:27 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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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 sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
25 As cold water to a thirsty soul, so are good tidings from a far country.
26 A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot and a corrupted spring.
27 As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory.
28 As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking.
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