King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 25:27
“[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 25
25
[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.
26
A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
27
[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
28
He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.