Proverbs 25:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ Don’t brag in front of the king.
    Don’t claim a place among his great men.
⁷ Let the king say to you, “Come up here.”
    That’s better than for him to shame you in front of his nobles.

What you have seen with your own eyes
⁸     don’t bring too quickly to court.
What will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?