Proverbs 25:6
Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;
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Proverbs 25:6
Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;
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Proverbs 25:7
for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
Luke 14:8
“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
Luke 14:9
and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
Luke 14:10
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
Matthew 23:12
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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Job 32:9
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
Ecclesiastes 2:9
So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
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Proverbs 17:19
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
Isaiah 14:13
You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
Isaiah 14:14
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!”
Isaiah 47:10
For you have trusted in your wickedness. You have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge has perverted you. You have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’
Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas;’ yet you are man, and no god, though you set your heart as the heart of a god—
Ezekiel 31:10
“Therefore thus said the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because he is exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick branches, and his heart is lifted up in his height,
Obadiah 1:4
Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.
Mark 10:37
They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory.”
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