Proverbs 25:27

Proverbs 25:27

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25 As cold water to a weary soul,
So is ^agood news from a far country.

26 A righteous man who falters before the wicked
Is like a murky spring and a¹ polluted well.

27 It is not good to eat much honey;
So ^ato seek one’s own glory is not glory.

28 ^aWhoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Satiety surfeits (Proverbs 25:16); so men who are self-glorious find shame.

is not glory—"not" is supplied from the first clause, or "is grievous," in which sense a similar word is used (Proverbs 27:2).

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