Proverbs 25:4-10

⁴Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

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

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

⁷For better it is that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.

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

⁹Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself ; and reveal not a secret to another:

¹⁰Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamy turn not away.