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Argue your argument with your neighbor himself,
    the secret of another do not disclose,
10 lest he who hears shame you
    and your ill repute will not end.

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Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself,
[a]And disclose not the secret of another;
10 Lest he that heareth it revile thee,
And thine infamy turn not away.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:9 Or, But

14 Like clouds and wind when there is no rain,
    so too is a man who boasts in a gift of deception.

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14 As clouds and wind without rain,
So is he that boasteth himself [a]of his gifts falsely.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:14 Hebrew in a gift of falsehood.

18 Like a club and sword and a sharp arrow
    is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

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18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor
Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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23 The wind of the north produces rain,
    and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.

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23 The north wind bringeth forth rain;
So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

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