Proverbs 25:27
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.
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- Prov 25:16-172 verses77%
16 If thou findest honie, eate so muche as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be ouer full, and parbreake it out agayne.
17 Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house: lest he be werie of thee, and so hate thee.
- Prov 27:1-22 verses73%
1 Make not thy boast of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring foorth.
2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes.
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13 My sonne, eate thou hony because it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth:
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23 Thus 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:
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2 It is the glory of God to kepe a thing secrete: but the kynges honour is to searche out a thing.
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28 He that can not rule him selfe, is like a citie whiche is broken downe and hath no walles.
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7 He that is full, abhorreth an honye combe: but vnto hym that is hungrye, euery sowre thing is sweete.
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23 After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.
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17 But let hym that glorieth, glorie in the Lorde.
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16 Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse, that thou perishe not.
- Prov 19:10-112 verses70%
10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.
11 A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe.
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6 Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:
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26 A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted.
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6 Your reioycing is not good. Knowe ye not, that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe?
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2 For he flattereth him selfe in his owne sight: so that his iniquitie is found worthy of hatred.
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14 It is naught, it is naught (saith he that byeth): but when he commeth to his owne house, then he boasteth of his peny worth.
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29 That no fleshe shoulde reioyce in his presence.
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12 Before destruction the heart of a man is proude: and before honour goeth humilitie.
- Prov 23:3-42 verses69%
3 Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth.
4 Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose.
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4 But let euery man proue his owne worke, & then shall he haue reioyceyng only in his owne selfe, and not in another.
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3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
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10 He 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.
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24 Let no man seeke his owne: but euery man anothers wealth.
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8 Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee.
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27 He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour: but who so seketh after mischiefe, it shall happen vnto hym.
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27 The deciptfull man shall not coste that he toke in huntyng: but the riches of the iust man is of great value.
- Prov 28:11-122 verses68%
11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.
12 When righteous men do reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tryed.
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26 Let vs not be desirous of vayne glorie, prouoking one another, enuying one another.
- Prov 16:18-192 verses68%
18 Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.
19 Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude.
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26 A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe, for her owne mouth hath brought her therto.
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7 All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.
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17 For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth: neither shall his pompe folowe after hym.
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5 Yea 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.
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18 He 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.
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7 Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.
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25 It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy, and after the vowe to make inquirie.
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12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.
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2 The desire without discretion is not good: but as a man whiche hasteth with his feete offendeth.
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5 Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.
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10 For euen that which was glorified, is not glorified in respect of this exceedyng glorie.
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35 The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.
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21 To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.
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2 when 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.
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5 It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.