Proverbs 25:6

Young's Literal Translation 1862

Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

Cross References

Psalm 131:1

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

Exodus 3:11

And Moses saith unto God, `Who `am' I, that I go unto Pharaoh, and that I bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?'

Proverbs 16:19

Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 25:27

The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.

Proverbs 25:5

Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

Proverbs 25:7

For better `that' he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,' Than `that' he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Luke 14:10

`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

Luke 14:8

`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

1 Samuel 15:17

And Samuel saith, `Art not thou, if thou `art' little in thine own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? and Jehovah doth anoint thee for king over Israel,