Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
So
Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
John 5:44
How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?
2 Corinthians 12:1
I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Philippians 2:3
doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
General references
Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.