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Debate your case with your neighbor,
    and don’t betray the confidence of another,
10     lest one who hears it put you to shame,
    and your bad reputation never depart.

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Instead, take up the matter with your neighbor,
    and don’t betray another person’s confidence.
10 Otherwise, anyone who hears will make you ashamed,
    and your bad reputation will never leave you.

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17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
    lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor
    is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

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17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s home;
    otherwise, he’ll grow weary and hate you.

18 A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow—
    that’s what a man is who lies about his neighbor.

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