Proverbs 25:5-7

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁵ take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
    and his throne will be established in righteousness.
⁶ Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
    or stand in the place of the great;
⁷ for it is better to be told, ‘Come up here’,
    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.