15 Bible Verses about Seeking Honour
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How can you believe who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that comes from God alone?
He who speaks of himself, seeks his own glory; he who seeks the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
who opposes and exalts himself above every one that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, openly showing him self that he is God.
They also love the most honorable places at suppers, and the first seats in the synagogues,
Beware of the scribes, who delight to walk in robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at suppers;
Alas for you, Pharisees! for you love the chief seat in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
And he spoke a parable to those who had been invited, when he observed how they were choosing the first places at table; and he said to them: When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not recline in the first place, lest a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him; and he that invited you and him, come and say to you, Give place to this man; and then you shall begin with shame to take the last place.read more.
But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, that when he that invited you shall come, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then you shall have honor in the presence of those who recline with you.
to those who, by patient continuance in good works, seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life:
for we provide what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
So, also, the Christ did not take upon himself the honor of becoming a high priest: but he gave him this honor, who said to him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee:
And no one takes this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron also was called.
For which reason, neither did I count myself worthy to go to thee; but command in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
When, therefore, you do a charitable deed, do not cause a trumpet to be sounded before you, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be glorified by men. Verily, I say to you, They have their reward.
nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others; though we could have been burdensome as the apostles of Christ.
