Proverbs 25:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince Whom thine eyes have seen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ For better it is that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whose eyes have seen you. [Luke 14:8-10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

Common English Bible

⁷ because it is better that he say to you, “Come up here,” than to be demoted before a ruler. What your eyes see,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ For it is better that it should be said to you, "Ascend to here," than that you should be humbled before the prince.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince.

Proverbs 25:7 Cross References

Proverbs 16:19

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 25:6

Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

Luke 18:14

I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Revelation 4:1

After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will shew thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.