Luke 11:43

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:18

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

Matthew 11:16

But what comparison may I make of this generation? It is like children seated in the market-places, crying out to one another,

Luke 20:46

Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

Romans 12:10

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

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;

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.