Proverbs 25:27
25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
- KJV
- It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
- WEB
- It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
- ASV
- It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
- DARBY
- It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.
- BLB
- To eat much honey [is] not good, [nor] the searching for his own honor.
- ÅB
- spise for meget honning er ikke godt, og grubleres ære er tung.
- OTB
- Det er ikke godt å spise for mye honning, heller ikke er det ærefullt å søke sin egen ære.
- B1930
- Å ete for meget honning er ikke godt, og grubleres ære er tung.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
Read in contextJohn 5:44
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
Read in contextPhilippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Read in contextProverbs 25:16
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:1
I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
Read in context