27 It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 25:27
Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control
The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.
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Verse 27
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It is not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle good ט֑וֹב H2896 Adjective - masculine singular to eat אָ֘כֹ֤ל H398 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute too much הַרְבּ֣וֹת H7235 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct honey דְּבַ֣שׁ H1706 Noun - masculine singular construct or to search out וְחֵ֖קֶר H2714 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct one’s own glory כְּבֹדָ֣ם H3519 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural . . . כָּבֽוֹד׃ H3519 Noun - masculine singular