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

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

not good		Pro 25:16
so		Pro 27:2; Jhn 5:44; 2Cr 12:1,11; Phl 2:3

Correlating Passages

not good

Pro 25:16

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

	Pro 27:2	Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
	Jhn 5:44	How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only?
	2Cr 12:1	It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
	2Cr 12:11	I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
	Phl 2:3	[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 25:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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