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Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
Proverbs 25:27 · Geneva Bible
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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 house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
25 As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.
26 A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is like a troubled well, and a corrupt spring.
27 It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
28 A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a citie which is broken downe and without walles.
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