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Proverbs 25:27
27It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.
Proverbs 25:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
- New International Version (NIV)It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is not good to eat much honey; So to seek one’s own glory is not glory.
Context of Proverbs 25:27
25[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 26A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous [man] that giveth way before the wicked. It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight. 28He that hath no rule over his own spirit is [as] a city broken down, without walls.
Read all of Proverbs 25Proverbs 25:27 word by word
אָ֘כֹ֤ל דְּבַ֣שׁ הַרְבּ֣וֹת לֹא־ט֑וֹב וְחֵ֖קֶר כְּבֹדָ֣ם כָּבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 25:27
- Proverbs 26:16A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.
- John 5:44How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [comes] from God alone?
- 2 Corinthians 12:1Well, it is not of profit to me to boast, for I will come to visions and revelations of [the] Lord.
- Philippians 2:3[let] nothing [be] in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
Commentaries on Proverbs 25:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27It is not good to eat much honey - Coverdale translates the whole passage thus: "Like as it is not good to eat to muche hony; even so, he that wyll search out hye thinges, it shal be to hevy for him." As he that etith myche honye, and it is not to him goode; so, that is a sercher of mageste, schal ben oppressid of glorie - Old MS. Bible. He that searches too much into mysteries, is likely to be confounded by them. I really think this is the meaning of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27So for men - A difficult sentence, the text of which is probably defective. The words are not in the original. Many commentators render: so to search into weighty matters is itself a weight, i. e., people soon become satiated with it as with honey. Possibly a warning against an over-curious searching into the mysteries of God‘s word or works.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27Verse 27 We must be, through grace, dead to the pleasures of sense, and also to the praises of men.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28Wise people have self-control and are not easily dominated.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. Satiety surfeits (Pr 25:16); so men who are self-glorious find shame. is not glory--"not" is supplied from the first clause, or "is grievous," in which sense a similar word is used (Pr 27:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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