1 Corinthians 4:7

For who concedes you [superiority]? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if indeed you received [it], why do you boast as [if you] did not receive [it]?

John 3:27

John answered and said, "A man can receive not one [thing] unless it is granted to him from heaven!

Romans 12:6

but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;

1 Peter 4:10

Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

1 Chronicles 29:11-16

To you, O Yahweh, [is] the greatness and the power and the splendor and the glory and the strength, for everything in the heavens and in the earth. Yours, O Yahweh, [is] the kingdom and exaltation over all as head!

2 Chronicles 1:7-12

On that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give to you."

2 Chronicles 32:23-29

And many brought tribute to Yahweh, to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations thereafter.

Proverbs 2:6

For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

Ezekiel 28:2-5

"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because your heart was haughty, and you said, 'I [am] a god; I sit [in the] seat of [the] gods, I sit in [the] heart of [the] seas!' But you are a human, not a god, and you gave your heart to be like [the] heart of a god.

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak, and you must say, 'thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great sea monster, the [one] lying down in the midst of his Nile streams, who says to me, "[It is] my Nile, and I made [it] [for] myself."

Daniel 4:30-32

And the king answered and said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?"

Daniel 5:18

{O king}, the Most High God gave the kingdom and the greatness and the glory and the majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your {predecessor}.

Daniel 5:23

And [now] you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of his temple you have brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that [do] not see and [do] not hear and [do] not know, but the God {who holds your life in his hand} and all of your ways {come from him}, you have not honored.

Matthew 25:14-15

For [it is] like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.

Luke 19:13

And summoning ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business {until I come back}.'

John 1:16

For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.

Acts 12:22-23

But the people began to call out loudly, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name,

Romans 9:16-18

Consequently therefore, {it does not depend on the} one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy.

Romans 12:3

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think {sensibly}, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Therefore, what is Apollos and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting [is] not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?

1 Corinthians 7:7

I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.

1 Corinthians 12:4-11

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.

Ephesians 3:3-5

According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,

2 Thessalonians 2:12-14

in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but delighted in unrighteousness.

1 Timothy 1:12-15

{I give thanks} to the one who strengthens me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful, placing [me] into ministry,

Titus 3:3-7

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Who

1 Corinthians 12:4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit,
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.
Romans 9:16
Consequently therefore, {it does not depend on the} one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy.
Ephesians 3:3
According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,
2 Thessalonians 2:12
in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but delighted in unrighteousness.
1 Timothy 1:12
{I give thanks} to the one who strengthens me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful, placing [me] into ministry,
Titus 3:3
For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

And what

1 Corinthians 3:5
Therefore, what is Apollos and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave.
1 Corinthians 7:7
I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way.
1 Chronicles 29:11
To you, O Yahweh, [is] the greatness and the power and the splendor and the glory and the strength, for everything in the heavens and in the earth. Yours, O Yahweh, [is] the kingdom and exaltation over all as head!
2 Chronicles 1:7
On that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give to you."
Proverbs 2:6
For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
Matthew 25:14
For [it is] like a man going on a journey. He summoned his own slaves and handed over his property to them.
Luke 19:13
And summoning ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business {until I come back}.'
John 1:16
For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.
John 3:27
John answered and said, "A man can receive not one [thing] unless it is granted to him from heaven!
Romans 1:5
through whom we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name,
Romans 12:6
but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.
1 Peter 4:10
Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

Why

1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting [is] not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?
2 Chronicles 32:23
And many brought tribute to Yahweh, to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations thereafter.
Ezekiel 28:2
"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because your heart was haughty, and you said, 'I [am] a god; I sit [in the] seat of [the] gods, I sit in [the] heart of [the] seas!' But you are a human, not a god, and you gave your heart to be like [the] heart of a god.
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak, and you must say, 'thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great sea monster, the [one] lying down in the midst of his Nile streams, who says to me, "[It is] my Nile, and I made [it] [for] myself."
Daniel 4:30
And the king answered and said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?"
Daniel 5:18
{O king}, the Most High God gave the kingdom and the greatness and the glory and the majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your {predecessor}.
Acts 12:22
But the people began to call out loudly, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"

General references

Romans 11:35
Or who has given in advance to him, and it will be paid back to him?"
1 Corinthians 1:29
so that all flesh may not boast before God.
1 Corinthians 4:18
But some have become arrogant, as [if] I were not coming to you.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore, the one who thinks that he stands must watch out lest he fall.
1 Corinthians 14:18
I give thanks to God [that] I speak with tongues more than all of you,
James 4:16
But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.