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Proverbs 25:27
Proverbs 25:27 is verse 27 of Proverbs chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
King James Version
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
World English Bible
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
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Proverbs 25:25–28 · Berean Standard Bible
25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
27 It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.