Proverbs 25:27

Modern

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

Traditional

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Literal

To eat much honey is not good, nor the searching for his own honor.

Latin

Sicut qui mel multum comedit non est ei bonum, sic qui scrutator est majestatis opprimetur a gloria.

Hebrew

English

It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

Wise people have self-control and are not easily dominated.

Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
John 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?
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
2 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.
Proverbs 25:16
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
2 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.