8
Take care not to be led astray, and not to be humiliated in your feasting.
9
When a powerful man invites you, be reserved; and he will invite you the more often.
10
Do not push forward, lest you be repulsed; and do not remain at a distance, lest you be forgotten.
11
Do not try to treat him as an equal, nor trust his abundance of words; for he will test you through much talk, and while he smiles he will be examining you.
12
Cruel is he who does not keep words to himself; he will not hesitate to injure or to imprison.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the 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.