Proverbs 25:6-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
or stand in the place of the great,
7 for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
What your eyes have seen(A)
Proverbs 25:6-7
Lexham English Bible
6 Do not promote yourself before the king,
and in the place of the great ones do not stand.
7 For it is better that he say to you, “Ascend here,”
than he humble you before a noble.
What your eyes have seen,
Proverbs 25:27
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 It is not good to eat much honey
or to seek honor on top of honor.(A)
Proverbs 25:27
Lexham English Bible
27 To eat much honey is not good,
nor is seeking one’s honor[a] honorable.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:27 Hebrew “their honor”
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