²⁶ ¶ It is certainly not good to condemn the just, nor to smite princes for doing that which is upright.

⁶ ¶ Do not praise thyself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

⁷ for it is better that it be said unto thee, Come up here than that thou should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.