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 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 25:6
Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:
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.
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.
Matthew 23:12
And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
1 Peter 5:5
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
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Proverbs 8:11
For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.
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Proverbs 17:19
The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.
Isaiah 14:13
For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.
Isaiah 14:14
I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
Isaiah 47:10
For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:
Ezekiel 31:10
For this cause the Lord has said: Because he is tall, and has put his top among the clouds, and his heart is full of pride because he is so high,
Obadiah 1:4
Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord.
Mark 10:37
And they said to him, Let us be seated, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.
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