Proverbs 25:10
Lest the hearer put you to shame, || And your evil report not turn back.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
In Context
9Plead your cause with your neighbor, || And do not reveal the secret counsel of another,
11Apples of gold in imagery of silver, || [Is] the word spoken at its fit times.
Cross References
Psalms 119:39Remove my reproach that I have feared, || For Your judgments [are] 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 →