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 man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
• Prov 16:19It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
• Prov 25:27It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
• Exod 3:11Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
• Ps 131:1A Song of Ascents. By David. Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
• 1 Sam 18:18–23David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
• 1 Sam 15:17Samuel said, “Though you were little in your own sight, weren’t you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;
• Amos 7:12–15Amaziah also said to Amos, “You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
• Jer 1:6–10Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
• 1 Sam 9:20–22As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don’t set your mind on them; for they have been found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father’s house?”
• 2 Sam 7:8–17Now therefore tell my servant David this, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel.

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