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Proverbs 25:6
6Don’t demand an audience with the king or push for a place among the great.
Proverbs 25:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
- New International Version (NIV)Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence, and do not claim a place among his great men;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of the great;
Context of Proverbs 25:6
4Remove the impurities from silver, and the sterling will be ready for the silversmith. 5Remove the wicked from the king’s court, and his reign will be made secure by justice. Don’t demand an audience with the king or push for a place among the great. 7It’s better to wait for an invitation to the head table than to be sent away in public disgrace. Just because you’ve seen something, 8don’t be in a hurry to go to court. For what will you do in the end if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?
Read all of Proverbs 25Proverbs 25:6 word by word
אַל־תִּתְהַדַּ֥ר לִפְנֵי־מֶ֑לֶךְ וּבִמְק֥וֹם גְּ֝דֹלִ֗ים אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 25:6
- Proverbs 26:27If you set a trap for others, you will get caught in it yourself. If you roll a boulder down on others, it will crush you instead.
- Proverbs 27:2Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth— a stranger, not your own lips.
- Proverbs 16:19Better to live humbly with the poor than to share plunder with the proud.
- Exodus 3:11But Moses protested to God, “Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?”
- Exodus 1:8Eventually, a new king came to power in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done.
- Exodus 9:20Some of Pharaoh’s officials were afraid because of what the Lord had said. They quickly brought their servants and livestock in from the fields.
- Exodus 15:17You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain— the place, O Lord, reserved for your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.
- Exodus 18:18“You’re going to wear yourself out—and the people, too. This job is too heavy a burden for you to handle all by yourself.
- 2 Samuel 7:8“Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
- Psalms 131:1Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don’t concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp.
- Jeremiah 1:6“O Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!”
- Amos 7:12Then Amaziah sent orders to Amos: “Get out of here, you prophet! Go on back to the land of Judah, and earn your living by prophesying there!
Commentaries on Proverbs 25:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The pushing, boastful temper is, in the long run, suicidal. It is wiser as well as nobler to take the lower place at first in humility, than to take it afterward with shame. Compare Luke 14:8-10, which is one of the few instances in which our Lord‘s teaching was fashioned, as to its outward form, upon that of this book.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-7Verses 6-7 Religion teaches us humility and self-denial. He who has seen the glory of the Lord in Christ Jesus, will feel his own unworthiness.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7To meet the king, a wise person will show humility instead of pride (compare Matthew 20:20–28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. Do not intrude into the presence of the king, for the elevation of the humble is honorable, but the humbling of the proud disgraceful (Lu 14:8-10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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