But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you. Cross References Proverbs 25:6 Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men; Proverbs 25:7 for it is better that he says to you, "Come up here!" than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes, Treasury of Scripture But when you are bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher: then shall you have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with you. go. 1 Samuel 15:17 Proverbs 15:33 Proverbs 25:6,7 then. Isaiah 60:14 Revelation 3:9 |