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
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 don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For 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.