Proverbs 25:9-10
New American Standard Bible
9 [a](A)Argue your case with your neighbor,
And (B)do not reveal the secret of another,
10 Or one who hears it will put you to shame,
And the evil report about you will not [b]pass away.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:9 Lit Contend
- Proverbs 25:10 Lit return
Proverbs 25:9-10
American Standard Version
9 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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:9 Or, But
Proverbs 25:17-18
New American Standard Bible
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, a (A)sword, and a sharp (B)arrow
Is a person who gives (C)false testimony against his neighbor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with
Proverbs 25:17-18
American Standard Version
17 Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house,
Lest he be [a]weary of thee, and hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor
Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:17 Hebrew full of thee.
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