Proverbs 25:6-8

International Children’s Bible

⁶Don’t brag to the king.
Don’t act as if you are a great man.
⁷It is better for him to promote you to a higher job
than to give you a less important position.

Because of something you have seen,
⁸ do not quickly take someone to court.
What will you do later
when your neighbor proves you are wrong?

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Proverbs 25:6-8

New International Version

⁶Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
and do not claim a place among his great men;
⁷it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”^(A)
than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes
⁸ do not bring^[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
if your neighbor puts you to shame?^(B)