Proverbs 25:5-7

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⁵Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,^(A)
and his throne will be established in righteousness.^(B)

⁶Don’t boast about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;
⁷for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”
than to demote you in plain view of a noble.^[a]^(C)

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

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