For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.


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2 Corinthians 11 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
2 Corinthians 12 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Luke 9 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
John 8 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
2 Corinthians 12 1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 11 16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
Job 6 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Psalms 119 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
James 3 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Psalms 119 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Matthew 23 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Matthew 10 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
John 7 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Luke 14 11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Romans 12 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Psalms 119 43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
Luke 12 9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Psalms 40 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Philippians 1 20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
Job 11 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
1 Corinthians 1 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
Ezekiel 13 23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
2 Corinthians 7 14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
2 Corinthians 9 3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
Psalms 63 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Galatians 1 20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
Isaiah 48 11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Psalms 41 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
John 12 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Psalms 50 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Psalms 119 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Isaiah 2 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Leviticus 26 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
1 Peter 5 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Psalms 119 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Ecclesiastes 2 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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John 17 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
2 Timothy 1 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Romans 3 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Psalms 119 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
2 Samuel 13 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
2 Corinthians 4 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Isaiah 42 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Psalms 64 10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
Psalms 138 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Psalms 25 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
1 Samuel 2 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Numbers 14 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.