Proverbs 25:27

Bishops' Bible (1568)

As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes.
  • John 5:44 : 44 Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only?
  • 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 It is not expedient doubtles, for me to glorie, I wyl come to visions & reuelations of the Lorde.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a foole in gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng,
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Let nothyng be done through stryfe or vayne glorie, but in mekenesse of mynde euery man esteeme one ye other better then hym selfe.
  • Prov 25:16 : 16 If thou findest honie, eate so muche as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be ouer full, and parbreake it out agayne.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 25:16-17
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    77%

    16If thou findest honie, eate so muche as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be ouer full, and parbreake it out agayne.

    17Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house: lest he be werie of thee, and so hate thee.

  • Prov 27:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Make not thy boast of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring foorth.

    2Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes.

  • Prov 24:13
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    13My sonne, eate thou hony because it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth:

  • Jer 9:23
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    23Thus saith the Lorde: Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the riche man in his riches:

  • Prov 25:2
    72%

    2It is the glory of God to kepe a thing secrete: but the kynges honour is to searche out a thing.

  • Prov 25:28
    71%

    28He that can not rule him selfe, is like a citie whiche is broken downe and hath no walles.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7He that is full, abhorreth an honye combe: but vnto hym that is hungrye, euery sowre thing is sweete.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.

  • 2 Cor 10:17
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    17But let hym that glorieth, glorie in the Lorde.

  • Eccl 7:16
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    16Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse, that thou perishe not.

  • Prov 19:10-11
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    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

    11A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:

  • Prov 25:26
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    26A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted.

  • 1 Cor 5:6
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    6Your reioycing is not good. Knowe ye not, that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe?

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For he flattereth him selfe in his owne sight: so that his iniquitie is found worthy of hatred.

  • Prov 20:14
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    14It is naught, it is naught (saith he that byeth): but when he commeth to his owne house, then he boasteth of his peny worth.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29That no fleshe shoulde reioyce in his presence.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12Before destruction the heart of a man is proude: and before honour goeth humilitie.

  • Prov 23:3-4
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    3Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth.

    4Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4But let euery man proue his owne worke, & then shall he haue reioyceyng only in his owne selfe, and not in another.

  • Prov 20:3
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    3It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

  • Eccl 5:10
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    10He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24Let no man seeke his owne: but euery man anothers wealth.

  • Prov 25:8
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    8Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour: but who so seketh after mischiefe, it shall happen vnto hym.

  • Prov 12:27
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    27The deciptfull man shall not coste that he toke in huntyng: but the riches of the iust man is of great value.

  • Prov 28:11-12
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    11The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

    12When righteous men do reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tryed.

  • Gal 5:26
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    26Let vs not be desirous of vayne glorie, prouoking one another, enuying one another.

  • Prov 16:18-19
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    18Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.

    19Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe, for her owne mouth hath brought her therto.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • Ps 49:17
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    17For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth: neither shall his pompe folowe after hym.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Yea in deede the proude man is as he that transgresseth by wine, therfore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, & is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people.

  • John 7:18
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    18He that speaketh of hym selfe, seketh his owne praise: But he that seketh his praise that sent hym, the same is true, & no vnryghteousnes is in hym.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.

  • Prov 20:25
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    25It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy, and after the vowe to make inquirie.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

  • Prov 19:2
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    2The desire without discretion is not good: but as a man whiche hasteth with his feete offendeth.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.

  • 2 Cor 3:10
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    10For euen that which was glorified, is not glorified in respect of this exceedyng glorie.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2when God geueth a man riches, goodes, and honour, so that he wanteth nothyng of all that his heart can desire, and yet God geueth him not leaue to enioy the same, but another man spendeth them: This is a vayne thyng and a miserable plague.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.