Proverbs 25:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.”
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“It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.”
King James Version · Public Domain“It is not good to eat much honey; Sofor mento search out their own glory is grievous.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour--honour.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 25:27 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 25:2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
- Proverbs 25:16If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
- Proverbs 27:2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
- John 5:44How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- 2 Corinthians 12:1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
- Philippians 2:3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
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