26 Like (A)a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
    is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
27 It is (B)not good to eat much honey,
    nor is it glorious to (C)seek one's own glory.[a]
28 A man (D)without self-control
    is like (E)a city broken into and left without walls.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:27 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

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