Proverbs 25:5-7

Young's Literal Translation

⁵ Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

⁶ Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

⁷ For better [that] he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,' Than [that] he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.