Bible Cross References
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Matthew 20:21
And He said to her, What do you wish? She said to Him, Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.
Proverbs 25:6
Do not claim honor for yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of the great;
Proverbs 25:7
for it is better that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.
Mark 12:38
And He said to them in His teaching, Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces,
Mark 12:39
the chief seats in the synagogues, and the chief places at feasts,
Luke 11:43-54
43
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
44
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.
45
Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, Teacher, by saying these things You also insult us.
46
And He said, Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
47
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48
Therefore, you bear witness that you approve of the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
49
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,
50
that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,
51
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required from this generation.
52
Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.
53
And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to quarrel with Him forcefully, and to cross-examine Him about many things,
54
lying in wait for Him, and seeking to catch Him in something He might say, in order to accuse Him.
Luke 14:7-11
7
So He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them:
8
When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him;
9
and he who invited you and him come and say to you, Give place to this man, and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10
But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.
11
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
Luke 20:46
Beware of the scribes, who desire to go around in long robes, love greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the chief places at feasts,
Luke 20:47
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.
Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, leading the way before one another in honor;
James 2:1-4
1
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.
2
For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,
3
and you have regard for the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor man, You stand there, or, Sit here at my footstool,
4
have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
3 John 1:9
I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.