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In Proverbs 25:16, it is written, " 16 Hast thou found honey? ¹eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. "  Eating too much honey is equated with the sin of self-righteousness.  In Romans 12:3, it is written, " 3 For I say, ^athrough the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, ^bnot to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt ^cto every man the measure of faith. "

In Luke 18:10-12, Jesus said, " 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a ¹publican.  11 The Pharisee ^astood and prayed thus with himself, ^bGod, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this ¹publican.   12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. "  It is clear that the Pharisee was thinking too highly of himself, here.  His thought process indicates a lack of soberness, for he did not realize his own sinful attitude towards others.

In Luke 11:53, it is written, " 53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to ¹urge him vehemently, and to ²provoke him to speak of many things. "  Jesus ( see 10:41 ), the Holy One and the Just ( see Mark 1:24; Acts 3:14, for example ), was vehemently assailed by the scribes and the Pharisees.  Herein lies another characteristic of those who, in a spiritual sense, eat too much honey — those who are self-righteous will vehemently assail righteousness.

In Proverbs 27:2, it is written, " 2 ^aLet another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. "  The Pharisee, mentioned in the second paragraph, above, was comitting the sin of praising himself while he was praying.  The publican, by contrast, " would not even lift up his eyes to heaven " ( see Luke 18:13; RSV ).

When we soberly consider our own spiritual condition, we will have the attitude of humility, as the publican did.  In Psalm 51:17 ( please read all of this psalm to get the immediate context ), David wrote, " 17 ^aThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. "  This psalm was written in response to David's sin of adultery with Bathsheba ( see also 2 Samuel 11, 12, for example ).

God is conerned not only with sin, but our attitude concerning it.  The apostle Paul ( see 1 Corinthians 1:1 ) wrote ( see 9:1; 16:21, for example ) in 5:1, 2, " 5 It is ¹reported commonly that there is ²fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's ^awife.  2 ^aAnd ye are ¹puffed up, and have not rather ^bmourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. "  It is a sin to be puffed up in response to sin.  There is no exuse for being puffed up regarding self-righteousness or any other sin ( see John 14:22-15:27 ( especially 15:22, for example ), for example ).  Please search the scriptures daily ( see Acts 17:10, 11, for example ).  Please study the Holy Bible. 🕮