²⁶ Also to punish the just is not good,
    nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

⁶ Do not exalt yourself 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 to you, “Come up here,”
    than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
    whom your eyes have seen.