11 Bible Verses about Attention Seekers
Most Relevant Verses
How can you believe, you who are always accepting honor from one another, but never seek the honor that comes from the one God?
We never sought praise from men, either from you or from anyone else; although as apostles we could have stood on our official dignity.
"Take care not to do your good deeds in public, to attract the attention of people; if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you do your deeds of charity, never blow your own horn in public, as the hypocrites are in the habit of doing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to be praised by the people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward. But whenever you, a follower of mine, do a deed of charity, never let your own left hand know what your right hand is doing,read more.
so that your deed of charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
but wrath and fury, crushing suffering and awful anguish, to the self-willed who are always resisting the right and yielding to the wrong,
Now through the unmerited favor God has shown me I would say to every one of you not to estimate himself above his real value, but to make a sober rating of himself, in accordance with the degree of faith which God has apportioned to him.
But He gives a greater spiritual blessing. He says, "God opposes haughty people but blesses humble people."
to lay aside, with your former way of living, your old self which is on the way to destruction in accordance with its deceptive impulses;
Stop acting from motives of selfish strife or petty ambition, but in humility practice treating one another as your superiors. Stop looking after your own interests only but practice looking out for the interests of others too. Keep on fostering the same disposition that Christ Jesus had.
"Take care not to do your good deeds in public, to attract the attention of people; if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.
I want the women, on their part, to dress becomingly, that is, modestly and sensibly, not adorning themselves with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive dresses,
so that, as the Scripture says, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
