Luke 14:8
"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline at the table in the place of honor, lest [someone] more distinguished than you has been invited by him,
Proverbs 25:6-7
Do not promote yourself before the king, and in the place of the great ones do not stand.
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Summary
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;
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General references
Matthew 23:6
And they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
Luke 9:46
And an argument developed among them as to who of them might be greatest.
Acts 8:19
saying, "Give to me also this power, so that whomever I place [my] hands on may receive the Holy Spirit!"