8
Take care not to be led astray and humiliated when you are enjoying yourself.
9
When an influential person invites you, be reserved, and he will invite you more insistently.
10
Do not be forward, or you may be rebuffed; do not stand aloof, or you will be forgotten.
11
Do not try to treat him as an equal, or trust his lengthy conversations; for he will test you by prolonged talk, and while he smiles he will be examining you.
12
Cruel are those who do not keep your secrets; they will not spare you harm or imprisonment.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.