7For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
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And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, …
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-7)Here we see, 1. That religion is so far from destroying good manners that it reaches us to behave ourselves lowly and reverently towards our superiors, to keep our distance, and give place to those to whom it belongs “ Put not forth thyself rudely and carelessly in the king’s presence , or in the presence of great men; do not compare with them ” (so some understand it); “do not vie with them in ap…
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