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
[If] you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.
So
Proverbs 27:2
May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
John 5:44
How are you able to believe, [if you] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory [which is] from the only God?
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is necessary to boast; [it is] not profitable, but I will proceed to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Philippians 2:3
[Do] nothing according to selfish ambition or according to empty conceit, but in humility considering one another better than yourselves,
General references
Proverbs 27:2
May another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.