Verse 30

Then he said, I have sinned: [yet] honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

Referenced Verses

  • John 5:44 : 44 ‹How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that› [cometh] ‹from God only?›
  • John 12:43 : 43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
  • Hab 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 ¶ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 ‹Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.› 11 ‹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men› [are], ‹extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.› 12 ‹I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.› 13 ‹And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as› [his] ‹eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.› 14 ‹I tell you, this man went down to his house justified› [rather] ‹than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›
  • 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.