World English Bible
"Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?"
— Proverbs 25:8, World English 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. ”
“Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?”
“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.”
Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;
for it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another;
lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.