Proverbs 25:7

English Standard Version

7 for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. What your eyes have seen (Lu 14:8) 

New International Version

7 it is better for him to say to you, ‘Come up here,’ than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. What you have seen with your eyes 

New International Reader’s Version

7 Let the king say to you, ‘Come up here.’ That’s better than for him to shame you in front of his nobles. What you have seen with your own eyes 

King James Version

7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. 

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