6Appear thou not glorious before the king, and stand thou not in the place of great men.
7For it is better, that it be said to thee, Ascend thou or Go up hither, than that thou be made low before the prince.
8Bring thou not forth soon those things in strife, which thine eyes saw; lest afterward thou mayest not amend, when thou hast made thy friend unhonest or he hath shamed thee.
9Treat thy cause with thy friend, and show thou not private matter to a strange man;
10lest peradventure he have joy of thy fall, when he hath heard, and cease not to do shame to thee.
11A golden pomme or pommel in beds of silver is he, that speaketh a word in his time.