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25 Don’t trap yourself by making a rash promise to God
    and only later counting the cost.

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25 It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly
and later to reconsider his vows.(A)

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    don’t be in a hurry to go to court.
For what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?

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Don’t take a matter to court hastily.(A)
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent[a] humiliates you?

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Footnotes

  1. 25:8 Or neighbor, also in v. 9

20 There is more hope for a fool
    than for someone who speaks without thinking.

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20 Do you see someone who speaks too soon?(A)
There is more hope for a fool than for him.(B)

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