Promotion

There is a cause and effect relationship that I have seen play out in several passages of scripture.

Cause	Effect	Note
Proverbs 11:2 (here at Bible Gateway)
When pride comes	then comes dishonor	Note the contrast
But With the humble	is wisdom
1 Peter 5:5 – 6 (here at Bible Gateway)
Pride	God is opposed	Again contrast
Humble	God gives Grace
Humble yourself	God will exalt you at the proper time
James 4:7-8, 10 (here at Bible Gateway)
Submit to God, Resist the devil	The devil will flee
Draw near to God	He will draw near to you
Humble yourself in the presence of the Lord	He will exalt you
Matthew 23:12  (here at Bible Gateway) also (Luke 14:11; 18:12  (here at Bible Gateway))
Whoever exalts himself	Will be humbled	Note the contrast "and" essentially is functioning here as "but"
He who humbles himself	Will be exaulted
Philippians 2:8 - 11 (here at Bible Gateway)
He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.	For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
1 Corinthians 11:1 (here at Bible Gateway)
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.		Paul exhorts us to imitate Christ by humbling ourselves...

There are more passages that deal with this.  Psalm 75:6 – 7 (here at Bible Gateway) and Hebrews 5:4 (here at Bible Gateway) are two you may want to consult.  The issue is we are to avoid exalting ourselves, self-promotion.  I continually ask the Lord to deliver me from this.