Proverbs 25:27

Webster's Bible (1833)

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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 25:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, Lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

    17Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

  • Prov 27:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.

    2Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Prov 24:13
    72%

    13My son, eat honey, for it is good; The droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:

  • Jer 9:23
    72%

    23Thus 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;

  • Prov 25:2
    72%

    2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

  • Prov 25:28
    71%

    28Like a city that is broken down and without walls Is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

  • Prov 27:7
    70%

    7A full soul loathes a honeycomb; But to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

  • Prov 29:23
    70%

    23A man's pride brings him low, But one of lowly spirit gains honor.

  • 2 Cor 10:17
    70%

    17But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

  • Eccl 7:16
    70%

    16Don't be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

  • Prov 19:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

    11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

  • Prov 25:6
    69%

    6Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, Or claim a place among great men;

  • Prov 25:26
    69%

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

  • 1 Cor 5:6
    69%

    6Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

  • Ps 36:2
    69%

    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, Too much to detect and hate his sin.

  • Prov 20:14
    69%

    14"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
    69%

    29that no flesh should boast before God.

  • Prov 18:12
    69%

    12Before destruction the heart of man is proud, But before honor is humility.

  • Prov 23:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3Don't be desirous of his dainties, Seeing they are deceitful food.

    4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

  • Gal 6:4
    69%

    4But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

  • Prov 20:3
    68%

    3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarreling.

  • Eccl 5:10
    68%

    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
    68%

    24Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.

  • Prov 25:8
    68%

    8Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

  • Prov 11:27
    68%

    27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, But he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

  • Prov 12:27
    68%

    27The slothful man doesn't roast his game, But the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Prov 28:11-12
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    68%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes; But the poor who has understanding sees through him.

    12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

  • Gal 5:26
    68%

    26Let's not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying 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 of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the plunder with the proud.

  • Prov 16:26
    68%

    26The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; For his mouth urges him on.

  • Eccl 6:7
    68%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Ps 49:17
    68%

    17For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

  • Hab 2:5
    68%

    5Yes, 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.

  • John 7:18
    68%

    18He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

  • Prov 17:7
    68%

    7Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, Much less do lying lips fit a prince.

  • Prov 20:25
    68%

    25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, Then later to consider his vows.

  • Prov 26:12
    68%

    12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 19:2
    68%

    2It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; Nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

  • Prov 29:5
    68%

    5A man who flatters his neighbor, Spreads a net for his feet.

  • 2 Cor 3:10
    68%

    10For most assuredly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.

  • Prov 3:35
    68%

    35The wise will inherit glory, But shame will be the promotion of fools.

  • Prov 28:21
    68%

    21To show partiality is not good; Yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

  • Eccl 6:2
    67%

    2a 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.

  • Prov 18:5
    67%

    5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, Nor to deprive the innocent of justice.