15 Bible Verses about Seeking Honour

Yet how can you believe in me, when you accept honor from one another, instead of seeking the honor that comes from the one God?

Whoever speaks simply for himself is looking for honor for himself, but whoever looks for honor for the person who has sent him shows his sincerity; there is no dishonesty about him.

the adversary of every being that is called a god or an object of worship, and so overbearing toward them as to enter God's sanctuary and take his seat there, proclaiming himself to be God??5 do you not remember that when I was with you, I used to tell you this?

and they like the best places at dinners and the front seats in the synagogues,

and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at dinners??40 men that eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get a far heavier sentence!"

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and love to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets??47 men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"

Alas for you Pharisees! For you love to have the front seat in the synagogues and to be saluted with respect in public places.

He noticed that the guests picked out the best places, and he gave them this illustration: "When someone invites you to a wedding supper, do not take the best place, for someone more distinguished than you are may have been invited, and your host will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will proceed in confusion to take the poorest place.read more.
But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the poorest place, so that when your host comes in, he will say to you, 'My friend, come to a better place.' So you will be shown consideration before all the other guests.

Those who by persistently doing right strive for glory, honor, and immortality will have eternal life,

I intend to do what is right not only in the Lord's sight but in the eyes of men.

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

And no one takes the office upon himself, but men assume it only when called to it by God, as Aaron was.

That is why I did not think I was fit to come to you. But simply say the word, and have my servant cured.

So when you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get!

We never sought praise from men, either from you or anyone else, though as Christ's apostles we might have stood on our dignity.