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It is not good to eat too much honey,
nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor. (NIV)
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. (KJV)
It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory. (NASB)
Proverbs 25:27
CommentaryEating honey is analogous to enjoying the sweetness of your own self-glory.
MacArthur, John Jr: The MacArthur Study Bible. electronic ed. Nashville : Word Pub., 1997, c1997, S. Pr 25:27
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Honey could not be offered on the altar of the Lord (Lev. 2:11), possibly because certain heathen nations practiced such a custom.
Packer, J.I. ; Tenney, Merrill Chapin ; White, William: Nelson's Illustrated Manners and Customs of the Bible. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1997, c1995, S. 476
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