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Proverbs 25:27
To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.
Proverbs 25:27 · Rotherham Emphasised 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 Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.
25 As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is a good report from a far country.
26 A fountain fouled, a spring spoiled, is a righteous man tottering before one who is lawless.
27 To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.
28 A city broken down without a wall, is a man who hath no control over his own spirit.
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