25 Good news from a distant land
is like cold water to a parched throat.[a](A)

26 A righteous person who yields to the wicked(B)
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.(C)

27 It is not good to eat too much honey(D)
or to seek glory after glory.[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:25 Or a weary person
  2. 25:27 Lit seek their glory, glory

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