Make your case with your opponent
without revealing another’s secret;(A)
10 otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,
and you’ll never live it down.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 25:10 Lit and your evil report will not turn back

(A)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.

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14 The one who boasts about a gift that does not exist
is like clouds and wind without rain.(A)

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14 Like (A)clouds and wind without rain
    is a man who (B)boasts of a gift he does not give.

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18 A person giving false testimony against his neighbor(A)
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.(B)

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18 A man who (A)bears false witness against his neighbor
    is like a war club, or (B)a sword, or a sharp arrow.

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23 The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

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23 The north wind brings forth rain,
    and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

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