Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Proverbs 25:16

If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

John 5:44

How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

2 Corinthians 12:1

As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

Philippians 2:3

Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

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Summary

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

Not good

General references

Bible References

Not good

Proverbs 25:16
If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.

So

Proverbs 27:2
Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
John 5:44
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?
2 Corinthians 12:1
As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Philippians 2:3
Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;

General references

Proverbs 27:2
Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain