Verse 18

He that speaketh of hym selfe, seketh his owne praise: But he that seketh his praise that sent hym, the same is true, & no vnryghteousnes is in hym.

Referenced Verses

  • John 5:41 : 41 I receaue not prayse of men.
  • 1 Cor 10:31-33 : 31 Whether therfore ye eate or drynke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God. 32 See that ye geue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor yet to the Grecians, neither to the Churche of God. 33 Euen as I please all men in all thynges, not seking myne owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
  • Gal 6:12-14 : 12 As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally, the same constrayne you to be circumcised, onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe. 13 For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe. 14 God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce, but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe, wherby the world is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.
  • Phil 2:3-5 : 3 Let nothyng be done through stryfe or vayne glorie, but in mekenesse of mynde euery man esteeme one ye other better then hym selfe. 4 Loke not euery man on his owne thynges, but euery man also on the thynges of others. 5 Let ye same mynde be in you, which was in Christe Iesus:
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If any man speake, let hym talke as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth vnto hym, that God in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse and dominion for euer and euer. Amen.
  • John 8:49-50 : 49 Iesus aunswered, I haue not the deuyll: but I honour my father, and ye haue dishonoured me. 50 I seke not myne owne praise, there is one that seketh, and iudgeth.
  • John 8:54 : 54 Iesus aunswered: Yf I honour my selfe, mine honour is nothing. It is my father that honoureth me, which ye say is your God:
  • John 11:4 : 4 When Iesus hearde that, he sayde, this infirmitie is not vnto death: but for the glory of God, that the sonne of God, myght be glorified therby.
  • John 12:28 : 28 Father, glorifie thy name. Then came there a voyce from heauen saying I haue both glorified it, and wyll glorifie it agayne.
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 Therfore, when he was gone out, Iesus sayd, Nowe is the sonne of man glorified: And God is glorified in hym. 32 Yf God be glorified in hym, God shall also glorifie hym in hym selfe, and shall strayghtway glorifie hym.
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished ye worke, which thou gauest me to do. 5 And nowe glorifie thou me, O father, with thine owne selfe, with the glory which I had with thee yer the worlde was.
  • Exod 32:10-13 : 10 And nowe suffer me, that my wrath may waxe whot against them, and consume them: and I wyll make of thee a mightie people. 11 And Moyses besought the Lorde his God, and sayd: O Lord, why doth thy wrath waxe whot agaynst thy people whiche thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt with great power, and with a mightie hande? 12 Wherfore should the Egyptians speake and say: For a mischiefe dyd he bryng them out, euen for to slay them in the mountaynes, & to consume them from the face of the earth? Turne from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this euyll deuise agaynst thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isahac, and Israel thy seruauntes, to whom thou swarest by thy owne selfe, and saydest vnto them: I wyll multiplie your seede as the starres of heauen, and all this lande that I haue spoken of wyll I geue vnto your seede, and they shall inherite it for euer.
  • Num 11:29 : 29 And Moyses sayd vnto hym: Enuiest thou for my sake? woulde God that all the Lordes people could prophesie, and that the Lorde woulde put his spirite vpon them.
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 After this maner therfore pray ye. O our father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
  • John 3:26-30 : 26 And they came vnto Iohn, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordane, to whom thou barest witnesse, beholde the same baptizeth, and all men come to hym. 27 Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen. 28 Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym. 29 He that hath ye bride, is the bridegrome. But the friende of the brydegrome, which standeth & heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of ye brydegromes voyce. This my ioy therfore is fulfylled. 30 He must increace, but I must decreace.