Proverbs 25:10

If others find out that you have told secrets, you will be ashamed, and from that time on, ◄you will have a bad reputation/people will think badly about you►.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9If you and someone else think differently about some matter, settle it between yourselves, and do not tell others any secret that he has told you.

11Something that is said that is very appropriate is as delightful as seeing [SIM] gold apples/ornaments in a silver bowl.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:39People insult me; protect me from those insults, because I hate them. The ◄regulations/rules that you have given to us► are very 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 →

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