PROVERBS 25:4-10

⁴Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the finer:

⁵Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

⁶Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

⁷For 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.

⁸Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

⁹Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself, and disclose not the secret of another:

¹⁰Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.