Proverbs 25:27

Modern King James Version

It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Cross References

Proverbs 25:16

Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is enough for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it.

Proverbs 25:2

The glory of God is to hide a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise you, and not your mouth; a stranger, and not your lips.

Luke 14:11

For whoever exalts himself shall be abased, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

John 5:44

How can you believe, you who receive honor from one another and do not seek the honor that comes from God only?

2 Corinthians 12:1

Indeed, it is not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become foolish boasting. You compelled me. For I ought to be commended by you. For I lacked nothing of the highest apostles, if even I am nothing.

Philippians 2:3

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.