But from those who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.

Like clouds and wind without rain
Is a man who boasts of his gifts falsely.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know;

When

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.

He deceiveth

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

General references

There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.