Proverbs 25:6 (BSB)

Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

From Proverbs 25. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 25:6

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 25:6-7: Here we see, 1. That religion is so far from destroying good manners that it reaches us to behave ourselves lowly and reverently towards our superiors, to keep our distance, and give place to those to whom it belongs "Put not forth thyself rudely and carelessly in the king's presence, or in the presence of great men; do not compare with them" (so some understand...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 25:6: Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,.... Intrude not thyself into his presence; or rush not into it in a rude and irreverent way; or be not ambitious to be a courtier: or "do not appear glorious", as the Vulgate Latin version renders it; or "honour thyself" (a) as the word signifies; do not appear too gay at court, or make too...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 25:6: Do not intrude into the presence of the king, for the elevation of the humble is honorable, but the humbling of the proud disgraceful (Luk 14:8-10).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 25:6-7: Pro 25:6-7 There now follows a second proverb with מלך, as the one just explained was a second with מלכים: a warning against arrogance before kings and nobles. 6 Display not thyself before the king, And approach not to the place of the great. 7 For better than one say to thee, “Come up hither,” Than that they humble thee before a prince, Whom thine eyes had seen.