2 Corinthians 10:12
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12 Oh, don’t worry; we wouldn’t dare say that we are as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, using themselves as the standard of measurement. How ignorant!
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Proverbs 27:2
New Living Translation
2 Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—
a stranger, not your own lips.
Proverbs 26:12
New Living Translation
12 There is more hope for fools
than for people who think they are wise.
2 Corinthians 10:18
New Living Translation
18 When people commend themselves, it doesn’t count for much. The important thing is for the Lord to commend them.
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Luke 18:11
New Living Translation
11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer[a]: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!
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- 18:11 Some manuscripts read stood and prayed this prayer to himself.
Romans 15:18
New Living Translation
18 Yet I dare not boast about anything except what Christ has done through me, bringing the Gentiles to God by my message and by the way I worked among them.
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2 Corinthians 3:1
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3 Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Are we like others, who need to bring you letters of recommendation, or who ask you to write such letters on their behalf? Surely not!
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Proverbs 25:27
New Living Translation
27 It’s not good to eat too much honey,
and it’s not good to seek honors for yourself.
2 Corinthians 5:12
New Living Translation
12 Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us,[a] so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart.
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- 5:12 Some manuscripts read proud of yourselves.
Job 12:2
New Living Translation
2 “You people really know everything, don’t you?
And when you die, wisdom will die with you!
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