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
Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it.
So
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
John 5:44
how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone ye seek not?
2 Corinthians 12:1
To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Philippians 2:3
nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --
General references
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.