Proverbs 25:27
אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא ־ טוֹב וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבֽוֹד ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
In Context
26מַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ וּמָקוֹר מָשְׁחָת צַדִּיק מָט לִפְנֵֽי ־ רָשָֽׁע ׃
28עִיר פְּרוּצָה אֵין חוֹמָה אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אֵין מַעְצָר לְרוּחֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 25:2כְּבֹד אֱלֹהִים הַסְתֵּר דָּבָר וּכְבֹד מְלָכִים חֲקֹר דָּבָֽר ׃
Proverbs 27:2יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר וְלֹא ־ פִיךָ נָכְרִי וְאַל ־ שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ ׃
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:27
26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. It is here represented as a very lamentable thing, and a public grievance, and of ill consequence to many, like the troubling of a fountain and the corrupting of a spring, for the righteous to fall down before the wicked, that is, 1. For the righteous to fall into sin in the sight of the wicked—for them to do any thing unbecoming their profession, which is told in Gath, and published in the streets of Ashkelon, and… Read the whole commentary →