Don’t take a matter to court hastily.(A)
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent[a] humiliates you?
Make your case with your opponent
without revealing another’s secret;(B)
10 otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,
and you’ll never live it down.[b]

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Notas al pie

  1. 25:8 Or neighbor, also in v. 9
  2. 25:10 Lit and your evil report will not turn back

    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

If you take your neighbor to court,
    do not betray another’s confidence,
10 or the one who hears it may shame you
    and the charge against you will stand.

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Notas al pie

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