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Proverbs 25:9

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

Proverbs 25:9 · King James Version

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Proverbs 25:9 in other translations

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

WEB World English Bible

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another,

NHEB New Heart English Bible

Debate your case with your neighbor, and do not betray the confidence of another;

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6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

8 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.

9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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