Luke 14:9
And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.
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Luke 14:9
And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.
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Luke 14:7
And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,
Luke 14:8
When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,
Luke 14:9
And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.
Luke 14:10
But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.
Luke 14:11
For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.
Luke 14:1
And it came about that when he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they were watching him.
Luke 18:14
I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
Proverbs 16:19
Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.
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Proverbs 25:7
For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.
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Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 3:35
The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.
Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
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Proverbs 25:6
Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:
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Proverbs 25:17
Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.
1 Corinthians 10:27
If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.
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Mark 12:38
And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,
Luke 11:43
A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.
3 John 1:9
I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.
Matthew 23:6
And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,
Romans 12:10
Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.
Philippians 2:3
Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
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Daniel 4:30
The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?
Daniel 4:31
While the word was still in the king's mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: The kingdom has gone from you:
Daniel 4:32
And they will send you out from among men, to be with the beasts of the field; they will give you grass for your food like the oxen, and seven times will go by you, till you are certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives it to any man at his pleasure.
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