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26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
    is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.
27 To eat much honey is not good,
    nor is seeking one’s honor[a] honorable.
28 A breached city where there is no wall
    is like a man who has no[b] self-control for his spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:27 Hebrew “their honor”
  2. Proverbs 25:28 Literally “there is no”

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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