Don’t brag about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;
for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”
than to demote you in plain view of a noble.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:7 Lit you before a noble whom your eyes see

23 A person’s pride will humble him,(A)
but a humble spirit will gain honor.(B)

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