Proverbs 25:9

Plead your cause with your neighbor, || And do not reveal the secret counsel of another,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Do not go forth to strive, hurry, turn, || What do you do in its latter end, || When your neighbor causes you to blush?

10Lest the hearer put you to shame, || And your evil report not turn back.

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Cross References

Proverbs 20:19The busybody is a revealer of secret counsels, || And do not make yourself guarantor for a deceiver [with] his lips.

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 →

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