Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glorious to seek 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 [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,
Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.
John 5:44
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is necessary to boast, though nothing is gained by it; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:11
Now I have become foolish; you have forced me [by questioning my apostleship]. Actually I should have been commended by you [instead of being treated disdainfully], for I was not inferior to those
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit [through factional motives, or strife], but with [an attitude of] humility [being neither arrogant nor self-righteous], regard others as more important than yourselves.
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Bible References
Not good
Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,
Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.
So
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
General references
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.