Luke 14:8
'When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,
Proverbs 25:6-7
Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.
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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
they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Luke 9:46
And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?
Acts 8:19
saying, 'Give also to me this authority, that on whomsoever I may lay the hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.'