Verse 27

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
• John 5:44 : 44 How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
• 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
• 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
• Phil 2:3 : 3 Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
• Prov 25:16 : 16 If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.