Proverbs 25:10
otherwise whoever hears it will make you ashamed and you'll never lose your bad reputation.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
In Context
9Discuss the case with your neighbor himself, and don't betray someone else's secret,
11Advice given at the right time is like golden apples set in silver.
Cross References
Psalms 119:39Take away the shame I dread, for your law is good.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:9-11
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. I. Here is good counsel given about going to law:—1. "Be not hasty in bringing an action, before thou hast thyself considered it, and consulted with thy friends about it: Go not forth hastily to strive; do not send for a writ in… Read the whole commentary →