The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 25:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king. Do not make display of yourself as though vying with the king in outward circumstances. Septuagint, "Boast not thyself ( μὴ ἀλαζονεύον) in the presence of a king." Stand not in the place of great men. Do not pretend to be the equal of those who occupy high places in the kingdom (Proverbs 18:16). Septuagint, "And take not your stand ( ὑφίστασο) in the places of chieftains." Says a Latin gnome, "Qui cum fortuna convenit, dives est;" and Ovid wrote well ('Trist.,' 3.4. 25, etc.)—

"Crede mihi; bene qui latuit, bene vixit; et intra

Fortunam debet quisque manere suam …

Tu quoque formida nimium sublimia semper;

Propositique memor contrahe vela tui."

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