Pro 25:27, 27:2, Jer 9:23-24, 2Cor 11:16-18, 12:1, 11 | ESV | STEP | It is not good to eat much honey , nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory .

Proverbs 25:27

27 It is ^anot good to eat much honey,
nor is it glorious to ^bseek one’s own glory. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain}

Proverbs 27:2

2 Let ^danother praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.

Jeremiah 9:23-24

23 Thus says the Lord: ^e“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but ^flet him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. ^gFor in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

2 Corinthians 11:16-18

Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle

16 I repeat, ^hlet no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17 What I am saying ⁱwith this boastful confidence, ^jI say not as the Lord would ^{▼▼Greek not according to the Lord} but as a fool. 18 Since ^lmany boast according to the flesh, I too will boast.

2 Corinthians 12:1

Paul’s Visions and His Thorn

1 I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and ^mrevelations of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:11

Concern for the Corinthian Church

11 ⁿI have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was ^onot at all inferior to these super-apostles, ^peven though I am nothing.