26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked, is like a troubled well and a corrupt spring.

27 It is not good to eat much honey: so to search their own glory, is not glory.

28 A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a city which is [a]broken down and without walls.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:28 And so is in extreme danger.

26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well
    are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

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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