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Do not promote your majesty in the presence of the king,
And in the place of great men do not stand;
For (A)it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of a noble,
Whom your eyes have seen.

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Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
    and do not claim a place among his great men;
it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes

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27 To eat too much honey is not good,
Nor is it glory to (A)search out [a]one’s own glory.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:27 Lit their

27 It is not good to eat too much honey,(A)
    nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.(B)

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