Luke 14:10
No, when you are invited, go and take the last place at the table, so that when your host comes over he will tell you, 'Friend, move further up.' Then everyone eating with you will see the honor you are given.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
December cites Luke xiv. 10
…it. Patience quietly awaits it.—Selected. December 23 Go and sit down in the lowest room. Luke xiv. 10. He who is willing to take the lowest place will always find sitting room; there is no…
- Morning by Morning ·
December cites Luke 14:10
…all be strong, And make Jehovah's arm their song.” December 23 “Friend, go up higher.” (Luke 14:10) When first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near to God, but it…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Luke 14:10
…and their inward disposition naturally leads them to obey that precept of our Savior, Luke 14:10. It is not natural to them to take it upon them to do the part of teachers; but on the…
- Our Daily Walk ·
May cites Luk 14:10-11
…84:9). Let us imitate the humility of this man, and be willing to take the lowest place (Luk 14:10-11); but we must be on our guard against being proud of our humility. Some people take the…
- Humility ·
Humility in the Teaching of Jesus cites Luke 14:1-11
…of a Pharisee, He spoke the parable of the guest who would be invited to come up higher (Luke 14:1-11), and added, “ For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles…