Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Proverbs 25:27 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search their own glory is not glory. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to seek glory, their own glory, causes suffering and is not glory. American Standard Version (1901) It is not good to eat much honey; So for men to search out their own glory is grievous. Common English Bible Eating too much honey isn’t good, nor is it appropriate to seek honor. Catholic Public Domain Version Just as whoever eats too much honey, it is not good for him, so also whoever is an investigator of what is majestic will be overwhelmed by glory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty, shall be overwhelmed by glory. |
Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
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.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.