Proverbs 21:2
2 aEvery way of a man is right in his own eyes,but the Lord bweighs the heart.
Proverbs 27:2
2Let canother praise you, and not your own mouth;a stranger, and not your own lips.
Luke 16:15
15And he said to them, “You are those who djustify yourselves before men, but eGod knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men fis an abomination in the sight of God.Luke 18:10-14
10“Two men gwent up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee, hstanding by himself, prayed ▼▼Or standing, prayed to himself
jthus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 kI fast twice a week; lI give tithes of all that I get.’ 13But the tax collector, mstanding far off, nwould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but obeat his breast, saying, ‘God, pbe merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For qeveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” 2 Corinthians 3:1
Ministers of the New Covenant
1 rAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, sas some do, tletters of recommendation to you, or from you?2 Corinthians 5:12
12 uWe are not commending ourselves to you again but vgiving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart.2 Corinthians 10:12
12Not that we dare to classify or wcompare ourselves with some of those who xare commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are ywithout understanding.
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