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Proverbs 25:8
Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Proverbs 25:8 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 25:8 in other translations
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.
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
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In context
5 Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be stablished in righteousnes.
6 Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.
7 For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.
8 Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
9 Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another,
10 Least he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamie doe not cease.
11 A word spoken in his place, is like apples of golde with pictures of siluer.
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