Sirach 7:3-5

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³ My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

⁴ Seek not of the Lord a pre-eminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.

⁵ Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.