Proverbs 25:27
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
- John 5:44 : 44 how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that `is' from God alone ye seek not?
- 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
- 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have become a fool -- boasting; ye -- ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles -- even if I am nothing.
- Phil 2:3 : 3 nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --
- Prov 25:16 : 16 Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated `with' it, and hast vomited it.
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- Prov 25:16-172 verses77%
16 Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated `with' it, and hast vomited it.
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee.
- Prov 27:1-22 verses73%
1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
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13 Eat my son, honey that `is' good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate.
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23 Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,
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2 The honour of God `is' to hide a thing, And the honour of kings to search out a matter.
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28 A city broken down without walls, `Is' a man without restraint over his spirit!
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7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And `to' a hungry soul every bitter thing `is' sweet.
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23 The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.
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17 and he who is boasting -- in the Lord let him boast;
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16 Be not over-righteous, nor show thyself too wise, why art thou desolate?
- Prov 19:10-112 verses70%
10 Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.
11 The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory `is' to pass over transgression.
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6 Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.
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26 A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, `Is' the righteous falling before the wicked.
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6 Not good `is' your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
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2 For he made `it' smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.
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14 `Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
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29 that no flesh may glory before Him;
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12 Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour `is' humility.
- Prov 23:3-42 verses69%
3 Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it `is' lying food.
4 Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
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4 and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,
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3 An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
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10 Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied `with' silver, nor he who is in love with stores `with' increase. Even this `is' vanity.
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24 let no one seek his own -- but each another's.
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8 Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?
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27 Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.
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27 The slothful roasteth not his hunting, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
- Prov 28:11-122 verses68%
11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
12 In the exulting of the righteous the glory `is' abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
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26 let us not become vain-glorious -- one another provoking, one another envying!
- Prov 16:18-192 verses68%
18 Before destruction `is' pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'
19 Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.
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26 A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused `him' to bend over it.
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7 All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
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17 For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
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5 And also, because the wine `is' treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples,
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18 `He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;
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7 Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.
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25 A snare to a man `is' he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.
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12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
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2 Also, without knowledge the soul `is' not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.
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5 A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
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10 for also even that which hath been glorious, hath not been glorious -- in this respect, because of the superior glory;
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35 Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
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21 To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
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2 A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this `is' vanity, and it `is' an evil disease.
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5 Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.