6. Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
7. For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.
8. Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
9. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself, and disclose not the secret of another:
10. Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.
11. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets of silver.