Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
- John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come 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, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
- Phil 2:3 : 3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
- Prov 25:16 : 16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
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16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
- Prov 27:1-22 verses73%
1 Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
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13 My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
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23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
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2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
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28 Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
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7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
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23 A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
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17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
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16 Don't be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
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10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
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6 Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;
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26 Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
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6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
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2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.
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14 "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
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29 that no flesh should boast before God.
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12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
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3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
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4 But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.
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3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.
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10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
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24 Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.
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8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
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27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
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27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.
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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
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26 Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.
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18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
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26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.
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7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
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5 Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
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18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
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7 Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.
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25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
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12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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2 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.
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5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
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10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
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35 The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
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21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
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2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.