Bible Cross References
Oh that I
Judges 9:1-5
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Gideon's son Abimelech went to the town of Shechem, where all his mother's relatives lived, and told them
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to ask the men of Shechem, "Which would you prefer? To have all seventy of Gideon's sons govern you or to have just one man? Remember that Abimelech is your own flesh and blood."
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His mother's relatives talked to the men of Shechem about this for him, and the men of Shechem decided to follow Abimelech because he was their relative.
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They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-of-the-Covenant, and with this money he hired a bunch of worthless scoundrels to join him.
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He went to his father's house at Ophrah, and there on top of a single stone he killed his seventy brothers, Gideon's sons. But Jotham, Gideon's youngest son, hid and was not killed.
Judges 9:29-5
Proverbs 25:6
When you stand before the king, don't try to impress him and pretend to be important.
Luke 14:8-11
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"When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place. It could happen that someone more important than you has been invited,
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and your host, who invited both of you, would have to come and say to you, 'Let him have this place.' Then you would be embarrassed and have to sit in the lowest place.
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Instead, when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that your host will come to you and say, 'Come on up, my friend, to a better place.' This will bring you honor in the presence of all the other guests.
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For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."
I would do
Proverbs 27:2
Let other people praise you---even strangers; never do it yourself.
2 Peter 2:19
They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of destructive habits---for we are slaves of anything that has conquered us.