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Argue your case with your neighbor directly,
    and do not disclose another’s secret,(A)
10 or else someone who hears you will bring shame upon you,
    and your ill repute will have no end.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:9 Or neighbor
  2. Proverbs 25:10 Lit and your evil report will not turn back

14 Like clouds and wind without rain
    is one who boasts of a gift never given.(A)

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

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18 Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow
    is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.(A)

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

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

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

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