Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
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Bible References
That it
Proverbs 16:19
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Luke 14:8
When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest place; lest a more honorable man than you be bidden of him;
Come
Revelation 4:1
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter.
Than
Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
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Matthew 23:6
And love the uppermost places at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,