Proverbs 25:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

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  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.
  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
  • Jer 1:6-9 : 6 Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD. 9 Then the LORD put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. 10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
  • Amos 7:12-15 : 12 Also Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 But do not prophesy again anymore at Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the royal house. 14 Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
  • Exod 3:11 : 11 And Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
  • 1 Sam 9:20-22 : 20 And as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you, and on all your father's house? 21 And Saul answered and said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then do you speak so to me? 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the chief place among those who were invited, who were about thirty people.
  • 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel said, When you were little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed you king over Israel?
  • 1 Sam 18:18-23 : 18 And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king? 19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife. 20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Today you shall be my son-in-law in one of the two. 22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in David's ears. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
  • 2 Sam 7:8-9 : 8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 9 And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; nor shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore, as before, 11 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house. 12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever. 17 According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
  • Ps 131:1 : 1 Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes arrogant: neither do I concern myself with great matters, or with things too high for me.
  • Prov 16:19 : 19 It is better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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