27It 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 notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlegoodט֑וֹבH2896Adjective - masculine singularto eatאָ֘כֹ֤לH398Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolutetoo muchהַרְבּ֣וֹתH7235Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructhoneyדְּבַ֣שׁH1706Noun - masculine singular constructor to search outוְחֵ֖קֶרH2714Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructone’s own gloryכְּבֹדָ֣םH3519Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural. . .כָּבֽוֹד׃H3519Noun - masculine singular