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27 Eating too much honey is not good,
    and searching for honor is not honorable.[a]

28 Like a city broken into and left without a wall,
    so is a person who lacks self-control.

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  1. Proverbs 25:27 Hebrew meaning of this line uncertain.

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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