Proverbs 25:6-8

New Living Translation

⁶Don’t demand an audience with the king
or push for a place among the great.
⁷It’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,
⁸ 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?

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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)