# Proverbs 25.28 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 26. As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked. 27. It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is grievous. > > **28. He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.** (Proverbs 25:26-28, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 26. Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. 27. It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor. > > **28. Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.** (Proverbs 25:26-28, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 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.** (Proverbs 25:26-28, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 26. A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked. 27. The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour, honour. > > **28. A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!** (Proverbs 25:26-28, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H7307 - ruach](/codex/h7307-ruach/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.