Luke 14:9

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So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you,‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.

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  • Prov 11:2 : 2 After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Ezek 28:2-9 : 2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Your heart is proud and you said,“I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas”– yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike. 3 Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you. 4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. 5 By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth. 6 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you think you are godlike, 7 I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor. 8 They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas. 9 Will you still say,“I am a god,” before the one who kills you– though you are a man and not a god– when you are in the power of those who wound you? 10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
  • Dan 4:30-34 : 30 The king uttered these words:“Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?” 31 While these words were still on the king’s lips, a voice came down from heaven:“It is hereby announced to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you! 32 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.” 33 Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws. 34 But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
  • Esth 6:6-9 : 6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him,“What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself,“Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?” 7 So Haman said to the king,“For the man whom the king wishes to honor, 8 let them bring royal attire which the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden– one bearing the royal insignia! 9 Then let this clothing and this horse be given to one of the king’s noble officials. Let him then clothe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him lead him about through the plaza of the city on the horse, calling before him,‘So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!’” 10 The king then said to Haman,“Go quickly! Take the clothing and the horse, just as you have described, and do as you just indicated to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king’s gate. Don’t neglect a single thing of all that you have said.” 11 So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai. He led him about on the horse throughout the plaza of the city, calling before him,“So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!” 12 Then Mordecai again sat at the king’s gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.
  • Prov 3:35 : 35 The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.

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    10 But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you,‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

    11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

    12 He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.

    13 But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

    14 Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

    15 The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

    16 But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

    17 At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited,‘Come, because everything is now ready.’

    18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him,‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’

  • Luke 14:7-8
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    7 On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

    8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

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    21 So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave,‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

    22 Then the slave said,‘Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.’

    23 So the master said to his slave,‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

    24 For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”

  • 3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,“You sit here in a good place,” and to the poor person,“You stand over there,” or“Sit on the floor”?

  • Prov 25:6-8
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    6 Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

    7 for it is better for him to say to you,“Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

    8 Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

  • Matt 22:8-13
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    8 Then he said to his slaves,‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

    9 So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.’

    10 And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

    11 But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

    12 And he said to him,‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say.

    13 Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

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    11 The greatest among you will be your servant.

    12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 “Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?

    8 Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?

  • 39 and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

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    26 Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

    27 For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

  • 14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  • Matt 22:3-4
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    3 He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

    4 Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’

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    29 Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.

    30 But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

  • 35 After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them,“If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

  • 6 They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

  • 9 Better is a person of humble standing who works for himself, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

  • 6 because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

  • 37 Rebuking the Pharisees and Experts in the Law As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table.

  • 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

  • 16 A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

  • 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

  • 10 and said to him,“Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!”

  • 11 and tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says to you,“Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

  • 11 I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

  • 37 Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

  • 14 Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says,“Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’