THEOSISProverbs 25:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince.
כִּ֤י ט֥וֹב אֲמָר־לְךָ֗ עֲֽלֵ֫ה הֵ֥נָּה מֵֽ֭הַשְׁפִּ֣ילְךָ לִפְנֵ֣י נָדִ֑יב אֲשֶׁ֖ר רָא֣וּ עֵינֶֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Luke 14:7And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
- Luke 14:11Because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Luke 18:14I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- 1 Pet 5:5In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another: for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace.
- Rev 4:1After these things I looked, and behold a door was opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, as it were, of a trumpet speaking with me, said: Come up hither, and I will shew thee the things which must be done hereafter.
- Prov 16:19It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.