Cross reference
Luke 14:8
8 When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,
Proverbs 25:6-7
6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:
7 For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.