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27 Eating too much honey is not good,
and people seeking their own glory is not glorious.[a]
28 A person who lacks self-control
is like a broken-down city without a wall.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:27 The line is cryptic.

27 It is not good to eat too much honey,(A)
    nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.(B)

28 Like a city whose walls are broken through
    is a person who lacks self-control.

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