Proverbs 25:27

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony, euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges, it shal be to heuy for him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another ma prayse the, & not thine owne mouth: yee other folkes lippes, and not thyne.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can ye beleue which receaue prayse one of another, and seke not the prayse, that is of God onely?
  • 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 It profiteth me nothinge (no doute) to boaste. Neuertheles I wil come to ye visions and reuelacions off the LORDE.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a fole i boastinge my selfe: Ye haue copelled me. For I oughte to be comended of you, in so moch as I am in nothinge inferior to ye hye Apostles. Though I be nothinge,
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory, but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe:
  • Prov 25:16 : 16 Yf thou findest hony, eate so moch as is sufficiet for ye: lest thou be ouer full, & perbreake it out againe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 25:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16Yf thou findest hony, eate so moch as is sufficiet for ye: lest thou be ouer full, & perbreake it out againe.

    17Withdrawe yi foote fro thy neghbours house, lest he be weery of the, and so abhorre the.

  • Prov 27:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Make not thy boost of tomorow, for thou knowest not what maye happen todaye.

    2Let another ma prayse the, & not thine owne mouth: yee other folkes lippes, and not thyne.

  • Prov 24:13
    72%

    13My sonne, thou eatest hony & ye swete hony cobe, because it is good & swete in thy mouth.

  • Jer 9:23
    72%

    23Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE: Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome, ner the stronge man in his strength, nether the rich man in his riches:

  • Prov 25:2
    72%

    2It is the honor of God to kepe a thinge secrete, but ye kinges honor is to search out a thinge.

  • Prov 25:28
    71%

    28He that can not rule himself, is like a cite, which is broken downe, and hath no walles.

  • Prov 27:7
    70%

    7He that is full, abhorreth an hony combe: but vnto him that is hogrie, euery sower thinge is swete.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe.

  • 2 Cor 10:17
    70%

    17Let him that reioyseth, reioyse in the LORDE:

  • Eccl 7:16
    70%

    16Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse, yt thou perish not:

  • Prov 19:10-11
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    70%

    10Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

    11A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honor to let some fautes passe.

  • Prov 25:6
    69%

    6Put not forth yi self in ye presence of ye kynge, & prease not in to ye place of greate men.

  • Prov 25:26
    69%

    26A righteous man fallynge downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled well and a sprynge yt is destroyed.

  • 1 Cor 5:6
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    6Youre reioysinge is not good. Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For he dyssembleth before his face, so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out.

  • Prov 20:14
    69%

    14It is naught, It is naught (saye men) whan they haue it, but whan it is gone, they geue it a good worde.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
    69%

    29that no flesh shulde reioyse in his presence.

  • Prov 18:12
    69%

    12After pryde cometh destruccio, and honor after lowlynes.

  • Prov 23:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth.

    4Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.

  • Gal 6:4
    69%

    4Let euery man proue his owne worke, and the shal he haue reioysinge in his awne selfe, and not in another.

  • Prov 20:3
    68%

    3It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.

  • Eccl 5:10
    68%

    10He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge?

  • 1 Cor 10:24
    68%

    24Let noman seke his awne profit, but let euery man seke anothers welth.

  • Prov 25:8
    68%

    8Be not haistie to go to the lawe, lest happlie thou ordre yi self so at ye last, yt thy neghbor put ye to shame.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He that laboureth for honesty fyndeth his desyre: but who so seketh after myschefe, it shal happe vnto him.

  • Prov 12:27
    68%

    27A disceatfull man shal fynde no vautage, but he that is content wt that he hath, is more worth the golde.

  • Prov 28:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.

    12When rightuous men are in prosperite, the doth honoure florish: but when the vngodly come vp, ye state of men chaungeth.

  • Gal 5:26
    68%

    26Let vs not be vayne glorious, prouokinge one another, and envyenge another.

  • Prov 16:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion, and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall.

    19Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude.

  • Prov 16:26
    68%

    26A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto.

  • Eccl 6:7
    68%

    7All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • Ps 49:17
    68%

    17For he shal cary nothinge awaye wt him when he dyeth, nether shal his pompe folowe him.

  • Hab 2:5
    68%

    5Like as the wyne disceaueth the dronckarde, euen so the proude shal fayle & not endure. He openeth his desyre wyde vp as the hell, & is as vnsaciable as death. All Heithen gathereth he to him, & heapeth vnto him all people.

  • John 7:18
    68%

    18He that speaketh of himself, seketh his awne prayse: but he that seketh the prayse of him that sent him, the same is true, & there is no vnrighteousnes in him.

  • Prov 17:7
    68%

    7An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

  • Prov 20:25
    68%

    25It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, & then to go aboute wt vowes.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.

  • Prov 19:2
    68%

    2Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.

  • Prov 29:5
    68%

    5Who so flatreth his neghbor, layeth a nette for his fete.

  • 2 Cor 3:10
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    10For ye other parte that was glorified is nothinge glorified in respecte of this exceadinge glory.

  • Prov 3:35
    68%

    35The wyse shal haue honor in possession, but shame is the promocio that fooles shal haue.

  • Prov 28:21
    68%

    21To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good: And why? he will do wronge, yee euen for a pece of bred.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2when God geueth a man riches, goodes & honoure, so that he wanteth nothinge of all that his herte can desyre: and yet God geueth him not leue to enioye the same, but another man spedeth them. This is a vayne thinge & a miserable plage.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to regarde ye personne of the vngodly, or to put backe ye righteous in iudgmet.