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Proverbs 25:9
Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:
Proverbs 25:9 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 25:9 in other translations
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another,
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In context
6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:
7 For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.
8 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?
9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:
10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.
11 A word at the right time is like apples of gold in a network of silver.
12 Like a nose-ring of gold and an ornament of the best gold, is a wise man who says sharp words to an ear ready to give attention.
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