Ben Sira 13:9

9 When an influential person invites you, be reserved, and he will invite you more insistently.

Ben Sira 13:9 In-Context

7 He will embarrass you with his delicacies, until he has drained you two or three times, and finally he will laugh at you. Should he see you afterwards, he will pass you by and shake his head at you.

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.