Proverbs 25:26-28

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁶ A just man falling down before the wicked, is as a fountain troubled with the foot, and a corrupted spring.

²⁷ As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty, shall be overwhelmed by glory.

²⁸ As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking.