NET Bible
"Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?"
— Proverbs 25:8, NET Bible
“Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.”
“Go not forth hastily to strive, Lestthou know notwhat to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. ”
“Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?”
“The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.”
“Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?”
“Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.”
remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;
for it is better for him to say to you,“Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.
Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?
When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,
lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.
Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.