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, Was it not, when, little, thou wast in thine own eyes, that thou wast made, head of the tribes of Israel, - and that Yahweh anointed thee to be king over Israel?
Proverbs 15:33
The reverence of Yahweh, is the correction of wisdom, and, before honour, is humility.
Proverbs 25:6
Do not honour thyself before a king, nor, in the place of great men, do thou stand;
Then
Isaiah 60:14
Then shall come unto thee bending low, The sons of them who had humbled thee, Then shall bow down, unto the soles of thy feet, All they who had despised thee; And they shall call thee - The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Revelation 3:9
Lo! I give them of the synagogue of Satan, who are affirming themselves to be, Jews, and are not, - but say what is false, - lo! I will cause them, that they shall have come, and shall bow down before thy feet, and shall get to know that, I, loved thee.
General references
Matthew 23:6
And dearly love the first couch in the chief meals, and the first seats in the synagogues,
Luke 9:46
But there entered a reasoning among them, as to who of them should be greatest.
Acts 8:19
Saying - Give unto me also this authority, - in order that, on whomsoever may lay my hands, he may receive Holy Spirit.