Luke 11:43

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and [you love] to be greeted and bowed down to in the [public] marketplaces.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Matthew 11:16

But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the marketplaces who call to their playmates,

Luke 20:46

Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes and love to be saluted [with honor] in places where people congregate and love the front and best seats in the synagogues and places of distinction at feasts,

Romans 12:10

Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from factional motives [through contentiousness, strife, selfishness, or for unworthy ends] or prompted by conceit and empty arrogance. Instead, in the true spirit of humility (lowliness of mind) let each regard the others as better than and superior to himself [thinking more highly of one another than you do of yourselves].

3 John 1:9

I have written briefly to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them and put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority and refuses to accept my suggestions or to listen to me.