Proverbs 25:27 · KJV
“{It is} not good to eat much honey: so {for men} to search their own glory {is not} glory.”
— Proverbs 25:27
A righteous man falling down before the wicked {is as} a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
He that {hath} no rule over his own spirit {is like} a city {that is} broken down, {and} without walls.
Proverbs 25 — Context
{As} cold waters to a thirsty soul, so {is} good news from a far country.
26A righteous man falling down before the wicked {is as} a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
27{It is} not good to eat much honey: so {for men} to search their own glory {is not} glory.
28He that {hath} no rule over his own spirit {is like} a city {that is} broken down, {and} without walls.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
John 5:44
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that {cometh} from God only?
Philippians 2:3
{Let} nothing {be done} through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. {I will come: Gr. For I will come}
Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.