Proverbs 25:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
  • 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  • Phil 2:3 : 3 Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.
  • Prov 25:16 : 16 You have found honey–eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 25:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16You have found honey–eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Prov 27:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

    2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

  • Prov 24:13
    72%

    13Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

  • Jer 9:23
    72%

    23The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

  • Prov 25:2
    72%

    2It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.

  • Prov 25:28
    71%

    28Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.

  • Prov 27:7
    70%

    7The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 29:23
    70%

    23A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

  • 2 Cor 10:17
    70%

    17But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

  • Eccl 7:16
    70%

    16So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.

  • Prov 19:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

    11A person’s wisdom has made him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

  • Prov 25:6
    69%

    6Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

  • Prov 25:26
    69%

    26Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

  • 1 Cor 5:6
    69%

    6Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?

  • Ps 36:2
    69%

    2for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

  • Prov 20:14
    69%

    14“It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
    69%

    29so that no one can boast in his presence.

  • Prov 18:12
    69%

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

  • Prov 23:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

    4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

  • Gal 6:4
    69%

    4Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

  • Prov 20:3
    68%

    3It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.

  • Eccl 5:10
    68%

    10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
    68%

    24Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

  • Prov 25:8
    68%

    8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

  • Prov 11:27
    68%

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

  • Prov 12:27
    68%

    27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

  • Prov 28:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

    12When the righteous rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked rise to power, people are sought out.

  • Gal 5:26
    68%

    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

  • Prov 16:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

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

    19It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

  • Prov 16:26
    68%

    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • Eccl 6:7
    68%

    7All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!

  • Ps 49:17
    68%

    17For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

  • Hab 2:5
    68%

    5Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol’s; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples.

  • John 7:18
    68%

    18The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

  • Prov 17:7
    68%

    7Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!

  • Prov 20:25
    68%

    25It is a snare for a person to rashly cry,“Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.

  • Prov 26:12
    68%

    12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 19:2
    68%

    2It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

  • Prov 29:5
    68%

    5The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

  • 2 Cor 3:10
    68%

    10For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it.

  • Prov 3:35
    68%

    35The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.

  • Prov 28:21
    68%

    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

  • Eccl 6:2
    67%

    2God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor– instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

  • Prov 18:5
    67%

    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.