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(A)Plead your case with your neighbor,
And (B)do not reveal the secret of another,
10 Lest he who hears it bring disgrace upon you,
And the bad report about you will not turn away.

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[a](A)Argue your case with your neighbor,
And (B)do not reveal the secret of another,
10 Or he who hears it will reproach you,
And the evil report about you will not [b]pass away.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:9 Lit Contend
  2. Proverbs 25:10 Lit return

17 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Lest he have more than his fill of you and hate you.
18 Like a club and a (A)sword and a sharp (B)arrow
Is a man who bears [a](C)false witness against his neighbor.

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  1. Proverbs 25:18 Or lying witness, cf. Ex 20:16

17 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Or he will become [a]weary of you and hate you.
18 Like a club and a (A)sword and a sharp (B)arrow
Is a man who bears (C)false witness against his neighbor.

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  1. Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with