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26 As a [a]troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring,
So is a righteous man that [b]giveth way before the wicked.
27 It is not good to eat much honey;
[c]So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
28 [d]He whose spirit is without restraint
Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:26 Hebrew trampled.
  2. Proverbs 25:26 Or, is moved
  3. Proverbs 25:27 Or, But for men to search out their own glory is glory. The Hebrew text is obscure.
  4. Proverbs 25:28 Or, He that hath no rule over his spirit