“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—