Proverbs 25:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:27 : 27 The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
  • Jer 1:6-9 : 6 And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah! lo, I have not known -- to speak, for I `am' a youth.' 7 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I `am' a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest. 8 Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee `am' I to deliver thee, -- an affirmation of Jehovah.' 9 And Jehovah putteth forth His hand, and striketh against my mouth, and Jehovah saith unto me, `Lo, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10 See, I have charged thee this day concerning the nations, and concerning the kingdoms, to pluck up, and to break down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.'
  • Amos 7:12-15 : 12 And Amaziah saith unto Amos, `Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy; 13 and `at' Beth-El do not add to prophesy any more, for it `is' the king's sanctuary, and it `is' the royal house.' 14 And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, `I `am' no prophet, nor a prophet's son `am' I, but a herdsman I `am', and a cultivator of sycamores, 15 and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.
  • Exod 3:11 : 11 And Moses saith unto God, `Who `am' I, that I go unto Pharaoh, and that I bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt?'
  • 1 Sam 9:20-22 : 20 As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom `is' all the desire of Israel?' is it not to thee and to all thy father's house?' 21 And Saul answereth and saith, `Am not I a Benjamite -- of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?' 22 And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they `are' about thirty men.
  • 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel saith, `Art not thou, if thou `art' little in thine own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? and Jehovah doth anoint thee for king over Israel,
  • 1 Sam 18:18-23 : 18 And David saith unto Saul, `Who `am' I? and what my life -- the family of my father in Israel -- that I am son-in-law to the king?' 19 And it cometh to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she hath been given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. 20 And Michal daughter of Saul loveth David, and they declare to Saul, and the thing is right in his eyes, 21 and Saul saith, `I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;' and Saul saith unto David, `By the second -- thou dost become my son-in-law to-day.' 22 And Saul commandeth his servants, `Speak unto David gently, saying, Lo, the king hath delighted in thee, and all his servants have loved thee, and now, be son-in-law to the king.' 23 And the servants of Saul speak in the ears of David these words, and David saith, `Is it a light thing in your eyes to be son-in-law to the king -- and I a poor man, and lightly esteemed?'
  • 2 Sam 7:8-9 : 8 and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel; 9 and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a great name, as the name of the great ones who `are' in the earth, 10 and I have appointed a place for My people, for Israel, and have planted it, and it hath tabernacled in its place, and it is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness do not add to afflict it any more, as in the beginning, 11 even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house. 12 `When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom; 13 He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age. 14 I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam, 15 and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee, 16 and stedfast `is' thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.' 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David.
  • Ps 131:1 : 1 A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.
  • Prov 16:19 : 19 Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

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    28 Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

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    2 I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

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    1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

    2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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  • Prov 17:7
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    7 Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

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    18 Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

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    1 Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

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    6 Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

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    11 Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.

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    21 Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,

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    2 `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;

    3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

  • Prov 18:16
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    16 The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    1 Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

    2 Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

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  • Job 34:19
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    19 That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.

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    10 Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

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    9 In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3 Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

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    11 Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?

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    26 Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

  • Jer 9:23
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    23 Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

  • Isa 2:10
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    10 Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.

  • Prov 14:28
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    28 In the multitude of a people `is' the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.

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    3 Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.

  • Luke 14:10
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    10 `But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

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    21 Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

  • Prov 25:27
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    27 The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee.

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