Proverbs 25:27

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It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own glory.

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  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the one and only God?
  • 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 Boasting is indeed not profitable for me. But I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing.
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
  • Prov 25:16 : 16 If you find honey, eat only as much as you need, lest you eat too much of it and vomit.

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    16If you find honey, eat only as much as you need, lest you eat too much of it and vomit.

    17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Prov 27:1-2
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    1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.

    2Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Prov 24:13
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    13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste.

  • Jer 9:23
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    23But let the one who boasts boast in this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight, declares the Lord.

  • Prov 25:2
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    2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search it out.

  • Prov 25:28
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    28Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7A satisfied soul tramples on honey, but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  • 2 Cor 10:17
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    17But, 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'

  • Eccl 7:16
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    16Do not be overly righteous, neither make yourself too wise—why destroy yourself?

  • Prov 19:10-11
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    10Luxury is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to rule over princes.

    11A person’s wisdom makes them slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great.

  • Prov 25:26
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    26Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

  • 1 Cor 5:6
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    6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

  • Ps 36:2
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    2An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Prov 20:14
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    14'It’s no good, it’s no good!' says the buyer; then he goes away and boasts about the deal.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29So that no one may boast before him.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12Before destruction, the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  • Prov 23:3-4
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    3Do not crave his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

    4Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4Each one should examine their own work. Then they will have reason to boast regarding themselves alone, and not with reference to another.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is honorable for a person to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

  • Eccl 5:10
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    10As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

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    8Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.

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  • Prov 28:11-12
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    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

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    18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

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    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

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    17Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases.

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    18The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of the One who sent him is truthful, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

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    7Eloquent speech is not fitting for a fool; how much less deceitful speech for a ruler!

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    21To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread, a man will transgress.

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    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.