Luke 11:43

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.

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;

Mark 12:38-39

And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,

Proverbs 16:18

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

Matthew 23:6-7

And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,

Luke 14:7-11

And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

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;

James 2:2-4

For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

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.

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