It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
(It is) not good to eat much honey (Proverbs 25:16 ); so (for men) to search their own glory (is not) glory.
Glory follows him that seeks it not. The English version supplies "not" in the second clause from the first, as often happens (cf. Psalms 9:18). To be humble when glory unsought comes to us, and to attribute all glory to God, is our wisdom. Compare the awful warning (Acts 12:23); also Jesus' example (John 5:30; John 5:41; John 5:44; John 12:43).