What does the Bible say about attention seekers?

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• Matthew 6:1

  "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

• Romans 2:8

  but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,

• Romans 8:5-8

  [5] For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. [6] For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace; [7] because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be. [8] Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

• James 4:6

  But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

• Philippians 2:3-5

  [3] doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; [4] each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. [5] Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

• James 4:10

  Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

• Galatians 1:10

  For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.

• Romans 12:3

  For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

• Ephesians 4:22

  that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

• Proverbs 27:2

  Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.