2 Samuel 15:4
Moreover Absalom would say, “Oh, that I were appointed judge in the land! Then every man who had a dispute could come to me and I would get justice for him.”
Judges 9:29
If only this people were under my authority! Then I would remove Abimelech and say to him, ‘Increase [the size of] your army and come out [to fight].’”
Judges 9:1-5
Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal (Gideon) went to Shechem to his mother’s relatives, and said to them and to the whole clan of the household of his mother’s father,
Proverbs 25:6
Do not be boastfully ambitious and claim honor in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of great men;
Proverbs 27:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
Luke 14:8-11
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity—for by whatever anyone is defeated and overcome, to that [person, thing, philosophy, or concept] he is continually enslaved.
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Oh that i
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Oh that i
Do not be boastfully ambitious and claim honor in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of great men;
I would do
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.