Proverbs 25
True Wisdom the Highest Good of Kings and Subjects.
V. 26. A righteous man falling down before the wicked, wavering before the craft of the wicked, lacking moral firmness, is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring, from either of which pure and healthy water cannot be obtained; for the transgression of a just person is more far-reaching in its evil effects than that of one known to be ungodly.
V. 27. It is not good to eat much honey, it is so overrich in nourishment that its excessive use will produce a feeling of repugnance; so for men to search their own glory is not glory, literally, “and seeking their difficulties is a difficulty,” that is, pondering problems which have no solution is injurious.
V. 28. He that hath no rule over his own spirit, one unable to control his temper, is like a city that is broken down, its defenses having been leveled, and without walls, such a man is open to all assaults upon his morality and freedom, the enemies can easily cause him to transgress.