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do not hastily bring out to court,
    for[a] what will you do at its end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?
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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or “lest”

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.(A)
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent[a] humiliates you?
Make your case with your opponent
without revealing another’s secret;(B)
10 otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,
and you’ll never live it down.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 25:8 Or neighbor, also in v. 9
  2. 25:10 Lit and your evil report will not turn back