'Higher' in the Bible

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;