Proverbs 25:27-28

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁷It is not good to eat much honey,
so be sparing of complimentary words.^[a]
²⁸A man without self-control
is like a city broken into and left without walls.

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Proverbs 25:27 Cn Compare Gk Syr Tg: Heb searching out their glory is glory

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