5 Bible Verses about Self Exaltation

Whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be uplifted.

They said to him, "Give us seats, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory."

He also told a parable to the guests, when he observed how they picked out the best places. "When anyone invites you to a marriage-banquet," he said, "never lie down in the best place, in case a more distinguished guest than yourself has been invited; then the host will tell you, 'Make room for him,' and you will proceed in shame to take the lowest place.read more.
No, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in he will tell you, 'Move higher up, my friend.' Then you will be honoured before your fellow guests. For everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

If anyone imagines he is somebody, he is deceiving himself, for he is nobody;

the adversary who vaunts himself above and against every so-called god or object of worship, actually seating himself in the temple of God with the proclamation that he himself is God.