Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
General references
Bible References
Go
1 Samuel 15:17
And Samuel said, Though thou were little in thine own sight, were thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And LORD anointed thee king over Israel.
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor [is] humility.
Proverbs 25:6
Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men.
Then
Isaiah 60:14
And the sons of those who afflicted thee shall come bending to thee. And all those who despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet. And they shall call thee The city of LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Revelation 3:9
Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them so that they will come and bow down before thy feet, and may know that I have loved thee.
General references
Matthew 23:6
And they love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Luke 9:46
But a thought entered among them, which of them may be greater.
Acts 8:19
saying, Give me also this power, so that on whomever I lay hands, he may receive Holy Spirit.