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


In Context

24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.

25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

26 A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

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

28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.

Proverbs 25:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:27[It is ]not good to eat much honey: so [for men ]to search their own glory [is not ]glory.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:27It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:27As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty, shall be overwhelmed by glory.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:27It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:27It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:27The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour — honour.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.