Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

Proverbs 27:2

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

Proverbs 25:16

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

John 5:44

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

2 Corinthians 12:1

It is necessary to boast, though it is not profitable. But I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become foolish. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

Philippians 2:3

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others 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

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Bible References

Not good

Proverbs 25:16
Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

So

Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
John 5:44
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is necessary to boast, though it is not profitable. But I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Philippians 2:3
doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

General references

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