Proverbs 25:6

Do not push yourself forward or claim status in the king's presence. Humility, not self-promotion, is the wise course.

Cross-references · 11

• Prov 27:2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
• Prov 16:19It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Prov 25:27It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
• Exod 3:11But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
• Ps 131:1A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
• 1 Sam 18:18–23And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
• 1 Sam 15:17And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
• Amos 7:12–15And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
• Jer 1:6–10“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
• 1 Sam 9:20–22As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
• 2 Sam 7:8–17Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

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