John 12:43
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43 for they loved human glory more than the glory that comes from God.
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John 5:44
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44 How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?[a](A)
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- 5.44 Other manuscripts read the Only One
Matthew 23:5-7
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5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others, for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.(A) 6 They love to have the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues(B) 7 and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to have people call them rabbi.
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John 5:41
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41 I do not accept glory from humans.
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Luke 16:15
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15 So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:6
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6 nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,(A)
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2 Corinthians 10:18
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18 For it is not those who commend themselves that are approved but those whom the Lord commends.(A)
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Matthew 6:2
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2 “So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.(A)
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1 Corinthians 4:5
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5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.(A)
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John 12:26
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26 Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.(A)
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John 8:54
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54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, he of whom you say, ‘He is our God,’(A)
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Luke 19:17
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17 He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.’(A)
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1 Samuel 2:30
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30 Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, but now the Lord declares: Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.(A)
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1 Peter 3:4
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4 rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.(A)
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1 Peter 1:7-8
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7 so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.(A) 8 Although you have not seen[a] him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,(B)
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Romans 2:7
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7 to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,
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Psalm 22:29
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29 To him,[a] indeed, shall all who sleep in[b] the earth bow down;
before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
and I shall live for him.[c](A)
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