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Proverbs 25:8

American Standard Version

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

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Proverbs 25:8 in other translations

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court.
What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Proverbs 25:8 · World English Bible

Proverbs 25:8 in context

  1. 6Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:
  2. 7For better is it 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.
  3. 8Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
  4. 9Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another;
  5. 10Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.