Proverbs 25:6–8

Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,

and do not claim a place among his great men;

it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”

than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes

do not bring hastily to court,

for what will you do in the end

if your neighbor puts you to shame?

Don’t boast about yourself before the king,

and don’t stand in the place of the great;

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”

than to demote you in plain view of a noble.

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.

Otherwise, what will you do afterward

if your opponent humiliates you?

Don’t demand an audience with the king

or push for a place among the great.

It’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,

don’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?

Do not promote yourself before the king,

and in the place of the great ones do not stand.

For it is better that he say to you, “Ascend here,”

than he humble you before a noble.

What your eyes have seen,

do not hastily bring out to court,

for what will you do at its end,

when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,

And stand not in the place of great men:

For 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.

Go not forth hastily to strive,

Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof,

When thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.