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SCRIPTURAL GROUNDS FOR CONFERING HONOUR UPON SOME WORTHY SERVANT OF GOD
John 12:26 “If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.”
1 Timothy 5:17 “Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.”
Psalms 75:6-7 “For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.”
Proverbs 22:4 “By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.”
Romans 13:7 “Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.”
Proverbs 21:21 “He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.”
Romans 2:10 “But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.”
Proverbs 29:23 “A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit."
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