John 12:43

The People Still Refuse To Believe

⁴² However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue: ⁴³ For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God. ⁴⁴ Then Jesus said with a loud voice, He who has faith in me, has faith not in me, but in him who sent me.

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John 5:44

How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

John 5:41

I do not take honour from men;

1 Samuel 2:30

For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.

Psalm 22:29

All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

Matthew 6:2

When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

Matthew 23:5-7

But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,

Luke 16:15

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

Luke 19:17

And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

John 8:54

Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

John 12:26

If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

Romans 2:7

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

1 Corinthians 4:5

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

1 Peter 1:7-8

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

1 Peter 3:4

But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.