Proverbs 25:27
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
דְּבַשׁ
dᵉbash
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
תּוּר
tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Key Terms in This Verse
תּוּר tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
Study H8446 →כָּבוֹד kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Study H3519 →כָּבוֹד kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
Study H3519 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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.
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
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