Parallel Verses
NET Bible
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
New American Standard Bible
Nor is it glory to
King James Version
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Holman Bible
or to seek glory after glory.
International Standard Version
To eat too much honey isn't good; and neither is it honorable to seek one's own glory.
A Conservative Version
It is not good to eat much honey, so [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
American Standard Version
It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
Amplified
It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.
Bible in Basic English
It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
Darby Translation
It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is itself a weight.
Julia Smith Translation
To eat much honey is not good: and to seek out their honor, not honor.
King James 2000
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.
Lexham Expanded Bible
To eat much honey is not good, nor [is] seeking one's honor honorable.
Modern King James verseion
It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as it is not good to eat too much honey; even so, he that will search out high things, it shall be too heavy for him.
New Heart English Bible
It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
The Emphasized Bible
To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.
Webster
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
World English Bible
It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
Youngs Literal Translation
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
Themes
Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
Exaltation » Of self » Self-exaltation, the folly of
Food » Grace before » Admonitions concerning eating
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:27
Prayers for Proverbs 25:27
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More Proverbs Of Solomon
26 Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked. 27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory. 28 Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 25:16
When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
John 5:44
How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don't seek the praise that comes from the only God?
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those "super-apostles," even though I am nothing.
Philippians 2:3
Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.