2 Samuel 15:4
Who will appoint me to be a judge in the land? When anyone arrived to file a legal complaint or other cause, he could approach me for justice and I would settle it!"
Judges 9:29
If only authority over this people were given to me. Then I would remove Abimelech!" Then he challenged Abimelech: "Build up your army and then come out and fight!"
Judges 9:1-5
Then Jerubbaal's son Abimelech went to his mother's relatives in Shechem. He spoke to the entire family of his mother's father, telling them,
Proverbs 25:6
Don't magnify yourself in the presence of a king, and don't pretend to be in the company of famous men,
Proverbs 27:2
Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth; a stranger, and never your own lips.
Luke 14:8-11
"When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't sit down at the place of honor in case someone more important than you was invited by the host.
2 Peter 2:19
Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.