Proverbs 25:8
do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
In context
5 take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness. 6 Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great, 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 8 do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame? 9 Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another’s secret, 10 lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end.
11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 25:8 in the KJV
Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 25:8 in the NIV
do not bring hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?