9And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? …
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-14)Our Lord Jesus here sets us an example of profitable edifying discourse at our tables, when we are in company with our friends. We find that when he had none but his disciples, who were his own family, with him at his table, his discourse with them was good, and to the use of edifying ; and not only so, but when he was in company with strangers, nay, with enemies that watched him , he took occasio…
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