Bible verse

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

Proverbs 25:27 · BSB

Proverbs 25:27 in context

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.

Read all of Proverbs 25

Proverbs 25:27 in other translations

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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