Bible Cross References
boasteth
Proverbs 20:6
Everyone talks about how loyal and faithful he is, but just try to find someone who really is!
1 Kings 22:11
One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab, "This is what the LORD says: 'With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.' "
Luke 14:11
For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."
Luke 18:10-14
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"Once there were two men who went up to the Temple to pray: one was a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.
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The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.
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I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.'
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But the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his face to heaven, but beat on his breast and said, 'God, have pity on me, a sinner!'
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I tell you," said Jesus, "the tax collector, and not the Pharisee, was in the right with God when he went home. For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."
2 Corinthians 11:13-18
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Those men are not true apostles---they are false apostles, who lie about their work and disguise themselves to look like real apostles of Christ.
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Well, no wonder! Even Satan can disguise himself to look like an angel of light!
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So it is no great thing if his servants disguise themselves to look like servants of righteousness. In the end they will get exactly what their actions deserve.
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I repeat: no one should think that I am a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool, just so I will have a little to boast of.
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Of course what I am saying now is not what the Lord would have me say; in this matter of boasting I am really talking like a fool.
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But since there are so many who boast for merely human reasons, I will do the same.
2 Corinthians 11:31-18
2 Peter 2:15-19
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They have left the straight path and have lost their way; they have followed the path taken by Balaam son of Beor, who loved the money he would get for doing wrong
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and was rebuked for his sin. His donkey spoke with a human voice and stopped the prophet's insane action.
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These people are like dried-up springs, like clouds blown along by a storm; God has reserved a place for them in the deepest darkness.
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They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error.
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They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of destructive habits---for we are slaves of anything that has conquered us.
Jude 1:12
With their shameless carousing they are like dirty spots in your fellowship meals. They take care only of themselves. They are like clouds carried along by the wind, but bringing no rain. They are like trees that bear no fruit, even in autumn, trees that have been pulled up by the roots and are completely dead.
Jude 1:13
They are like wild waves of the sea, with their shameful deeds showing up like foam. They are like wandering stars, for whom God has reserved a place forever in the deepest darkness.
Jude 1:16
These people are always grumbling and blaming others; they follow their own evil desires; they brag about themselves and flatter others in order to get their own way.