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
Thou didst find honey; eat thy sufficiency, lest thou shalt be satiated, and thou vomit it forth.
So
Proverbs 27:2
A stranger shall praise thee, and not thy mouth; a stranger, and not thy lips.
John 5:44
How can ye believe, receiving glory from one another, and ye seek not the glory that from God alone?
2 Corinthians 12:1
Indeed it is not profitable to me to boast. For I will come to visions and Revelation of the Lord.
Philippians 2:3
Nothing by hired labor, or vainglory; but in lowliness the leaders hold each other above themselves.
General references
Proverbs 27:2
A stranger shall praise thee, and not thy mouth; a stranger, and not thy lips.