2 Samuel 15:4
Then Absalom said moreover, "Oh, that I were a judge in the land, and that all men which have pleas and matter in the law, should come to me. For I would do them justice."
Judges 9:29
Would God this people were under my hand, then I would take Abimelech out of the way." And one said unto Abimelech, "Make thine host greater and go out."
Judges 9:1-5
For Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them and with all his mother's father's kindred, saying,
Proverbs 25:6
Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and prease not into the place of great men.
Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; yea, other folk's lips and not thine.
Luke 14:8-11
"When thou art bidden to a wedding of any man, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them liberty, and are themselves the bondservants of corruption. For of whomsoever a man is overcome, unto the same is he in bondage.