²⁶ It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty.^[a](A)

⁶ Don’t boast about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;
⁷ for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”
than to demote you in plain view of a noble.^[a](A)