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

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

John 5:44

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

2 Corinthians 12:1

I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

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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 found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

So

Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
John 5:44
How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
2 Corinthians 12:1
I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

General references

Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

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