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for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
    than to be put lower in the presence of the prince.

What your eyes have seen
    do not hastily bring into court;
for[a] what will you do in the end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
    and do not disclose another’s secret;

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Cn: Heb lest

it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes
    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(B)

If you take your neighbor to court,
    do not betray another’s confidence,

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go