Proverbs 25:7
For it is better that it should be said to you, “Ascend to here,” than that you should be humbled before the prince.
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In Context
6Do not appear glorious before the king, and do not stand in the place of the great.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:19It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the arrogant.
Luke 18:14I say to you, this one descended to his house justified, but not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled; and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Revelation 4:1After these things, I saw, and behold, a door was opened in heaven, and the voice that I heard speaking with me first was like a trumpet, saying: “Ascend to here, and I will reveal to you what must occur after these things.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:7-8
6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: 7 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. Here we see, 1. That religion is so far from destroying good manners that it reaches us to behave ourselves lowly and reverently towards our superiors, to keep our distance, and give place to those to whom it belongs " Put not forth thyself rudely and carelessly in… Read the whole commentary →