Luke 14:8

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.

Proverbs 25:6-7

Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Luke 14:8

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

General references

Matthew 23:6

Luke 9:46

Acts 8:19

Bible References

General references

They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,

Then an argument started among them about who would be the greatest of them.

saying, “Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”