Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glory to search out one’s own glory.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 25:16

Have you found honey? Eat only what you need,
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.

John 5:44

How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

2 Corinthians 12:1

Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

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Summary

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Not good

Proverbs 25:16

So

General references

Proverbs 27:2

Bible References

Not good

Have you found honey? Eat only what you need,
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.

So

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Do nothing from

selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

General references

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.