the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 25:27
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It's not good to eat too much honey, and it's not good to seek honors for yourself.
It is not good to eat much honey: And searching out their glory is glory.
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor does it bring you honor to brag about yourself.
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
It is not good to eat much honey; Nor is it honorable to seek ones own honor.
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory.
As it is not good to hym that etith myche hony; so he that is a serchere of maieste, schal be put doun fro glorie.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one's own glory.
Don't eat too much honey or always want praise.
It is not good to eat much honey; So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
It isn't good to eat too much honey or to seek honor after honor.
It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.
Just as eating too much honey is not good, it is not good for people to always be looking for honor.
It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.
It is not good to eat much hony: so for men to search their owne glory, is not glory.
It is not good to eat much honey, and looking for honor is not good.
It is not good to eat much honey, or to seek honor on top of honor.
It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
It is not good to eat much honey, nor to search for high praises for oneself.
Too much honey is bad for you, and so is trying to win too much praise.
To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.
As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory.
It is not good to eat much honey, so be sparing of complimentary words.
As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable.
The locusts have no king, and yet march orderly at one command.
It is not good to eat too much honeyor to seek glory after glory.
It is not good to eat much honey; Nor is it honorable to seek ones own honor.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
To eat much honey is not good, nor is seeking one's honor honorable.
It is not good to eat much honey, and to search out their honor is not honor.
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony, euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges, it shal be to heuy for him.
It's not smart to stuff yourself with sweets, nor is glory piled on glory good for you.
It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.
It is not good to eat much honey; So to seek one's own glory is not glory.
It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.
To eat too much honey is not good,Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
not good: Proverbs 25:16
so: Proverbs 27:2, John 5:44, 2 Corinthians 12:1, 2 Corinthians 12:11, Philippians 2:3
Reciprocal: Leviticus 2:11 - honey Proverbs 24:13 - eat Proverbs 25:6 - Put not forth thyself John 7:18 - seeketh his glory John 8:54 - If Romans 12:3 - not to 2 Corinthians 10:12 - we dare not 2 Corinthians 11:30 - must 1 Thessalonians 2:6 - of men
Cross-References
These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD."
God was with Ishmael, and he grew and developed; and he lived in the wilderness and became an [expert] archer.
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
Now Abraham gave everything that he had to Isaac;
the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.
Now after the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived at Beer-lahai-roi.
But you shall live by your sword, And serve your brother; However it shall come to pass when you break loose [from your anger and hatred], That you will tear his yoke off your neck [and you will be free of him]."
you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers [before us],' in order that you may live [separately and securely] in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is repulsive to the Egyptians."
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God [with reverence] and abstained from and turned away from evil [because he honored God].
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[It is] not good to eat much honey,.... That is too much otherwise it is good to eat, Proverbs 24:13; but too much is hurtful, it surfeits the stomach increases choler e and creates loathing; and indeed, too much of anything is bad f;
so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory: to set forth their own excellencies, to sound forth their own praises to seek honour of men, to use all methods to gain popular applause; this is not glorious and praiseworthy, but dishonourable; or it may be rendered as it literally lies in the original, "but to search out", or "the searching out of their glory [is] glory" g; either the glory of righteous men, as Aben Ezra interprets it, such as stand and do not fall before the wicked; to search out their excellencies and virtues, and follow their example, is glorious and honourable: or to search the glory of the knowledge of divine things, comparable to honey, is commendable and glorious; for though a man may eat too much honey, yet he cannot have too much knowledge of divine and spiritual things, or be satiated and overfilled with them; to which the Septuagint version agrees, "but we ought to honour glorious words": the glorious truths of the word of God ought to be had in great esteem, and to search out the glory of them is honourable; our Lord directs to a search of the Scriptures, because they testify of him, John 5:39; and we can never know too much of him, or of the precious doctrines of the Gospel; unless this is to be understood of such things as should not be curiously inquired into; men should not be wise above what is written nor search into those things which God has concealed; as his own nature and perfections, the mode of subsisting of the three Persons in the Godhead, his secret purposes and decrees, and unsearchable judgments. To which sense agrees the Vulgate Latin version,
"so he who is the searcher of majesty shall be oppressed by glory;''
he shall be bore down by it, and not able to bear the glory of it: and the Targum is,
"to eat much honey is not good, nor to search glorious words.''
Jarchi takes the words in this sense; and illustrates them by the work of creation, Ezekiel's vision of the wheels, the decrees of God, and the reasons of them.
e Suidas in voce μουλι. f "Vitiosum est ubique quod nimium est", Seneca de Tranquilitate, c. 9. g חקר כבדם כבוד "investigatio gloriae illorum (est) gloria", Pagninus, Montanus, Michaelis; "scrutatio gloriae ipsorum est gloria", Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
So 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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 25:27. It 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 place; and shall not puzzle either myself or my reader with the discordant explanations which have been brought forward with the hope of illustrating this passage.
