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Proverbs 25:27

27 It is not good to eat much honey;

So tto seek one’s own glory is not glory.

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Proverbs 25:27 — The New International Version (NIV)

27 It is not good to eat too much honey,

nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.

Proverbs 25:27 — English Standard Version (ESV)

27 It is not good to eat much honey,

nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.

Proverbs 25:27 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

27 It is not good to eat much honey:

So for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Proverbs 25:27 — New Living Translation (NLT)

27 It’s not good to eat too much honey,

and it’s not good to seek honors for yourself.

Proverbs 25:27 — New Century Version (NCV)

27 It is not good to eat too much honey,

nor does it bring you honor to brag about yourself.

Proverbs 25:27 — American Standard Version (ASV)

27 It is not good to eat much honey:

So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.

Proverbs 25:27 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

27 It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is itself a weight.

Proverbs 25:27 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

27 Eating too much honey is not good, 

and searching for honor is not honorable. 

Proverbs 25:27 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

27 It is not good to eat too much honey

or to seek glory after glory.

Proverbs 25:27 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

27 It is not good to eat much honey,

or to seek honor on top of honor.

Proverbs 25:27 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

27 To eat much honey is not good,

nor is seeking one’s honor honorable.

Proverbs 25:27 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

27 It isn’t good for you to eat too much honey.

And you shouldn’t try to get others to honor you.

Proverbs 25:27 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

27 It is not good to eat much honey,

Nor is it glory to search out one’s own glory.


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