Bible verse
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
Proverbs 25:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 25.
23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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.
KJV
[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
ASV
It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
ERV
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.
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