5 Bible Verses about Egotism

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, loving the preeminence over them, does not receive us. On account of this, if I may come, I will remember his works which he is doing, berating us with wicked speeches: and not content with these, he does not receive the brethren, and he prohibits them wishing to receive them, and casts them out of the church.

Let no one deceive you in any way: because unless there may first be an apostasy and the man of lawlessness may be revealed, the son of perdition, the one opposing and exalting himself above everything that is called God or divinity; so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself off that he is God.

But know this, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men will be lovers of themselves, moneylovers, arrogant, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, without natural affections, covenant breakers, devilish, intemperate, furious, opposed to good,read more.
traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power of the same: and from these turn away.

And a certain man, by name Simon, was formerly practicing magic in the city, and bewitching the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great man: to whom all from small even unto the great gave heed, saying, This one is the power of God, called Great. And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had deceived them with his magic arts.

But on an appointed day, Herod, invested with his royal apparel, sitting on his tribunal, delivered a discourse to them: and the people shouted, It is the voice of God and not of man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not the glory to God; and being eaten by worms, he breathed out his soul.