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.


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Luke 14 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
Numbers 14 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Ezekiel 46 10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.
Deuteronomy 28 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
Judges 7 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
Proverbs 25 6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
Ezekiel 12 12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
Jeremiah 38 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
1 Samuel 23 20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
Job 22 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Esther 6 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Jeremiah 39 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Psalms 7 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
Luke 14 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Ecclesiastes 4 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Psalms 18 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Genesis 44 26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
Psalms 118 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
1 Samuel 2 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
2 Samuel 22 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Revelation 3 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Ezekiel 28 17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Genesis 43 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Daniel 11 18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
Isaiah 1 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Lamentations 3 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
Ecclesiastes 8 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Psalms 119 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Isaiah 13 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
Psalms 45 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
1 Thessalonians 2 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
John 13 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
Isaiah 57 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Proverbs 15 24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
2 Samuel 6 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
Ezekiel 26 16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Jeremiah 30 21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
2 Samuel 19 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
Deuteronomy 28 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Ecclesiastes 5 1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Luke 17 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
Job 11 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
2 Samuel 15 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
2 Peter 1 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
2 Samuel 14 10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
Matthew 22 8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
Isaiah 57 7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Exodus 20 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Genesis 44 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;