Proverbs 25:7

“For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, etc.] It is much more to thine honour and credit to seat thyself in a place rather beneath than above thee; which being observed by some of the officers at court, or by him whose business it is to look after such things, he will beckon or call to thee to come up to a higher and more honourable place: than that thou shouldest be put lower, in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen; than that thou shouldest be thrust away with a severe rebuke for thy boldness and arrogance, in approaching too near the king’s person, and taking the place of some great man, which did not become thee, and be forced down to a lower place,…”

“The pushing, boastful temper is, in the long run, suicidal. It is wiser as well as nobler to take the lower place at first in humility, than to take it afterward with shame. Compare Luke 14:8-10, which is one of the few instances in which our Lord’s teaching was fashioned, as to its outward form, upon that of this book. return to 'Top of Page'”

“25:7 Rash actions often result in shame.”

“that it: Pro 16:19; Luk 14:8-10 Come: Be humble; affect not high things; keep thyself quiet; and thou shalt live at ease, in safety, and in peace. Rev 4:1 than: Luk 18:14; Pe1 5:5 Proverbs 25:8”