Proverbs 25:8
Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbour shames you?
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In Context
9Debate your case with your neighbour, and don’t betray the confidence of another,
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”
2 Kings 14:8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let’s look one another in the face.”
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarrelling breaks out.
Proverbs 30:33For as the churning of milk produces butter, and the wringing of the nose produces blood, so the forcing of wrath produces strife.”
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
Luke 14:31Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:7-8
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. Here we see, 1. That religion is so far from destroying good manners that it reaches us to behave ourselves lowly and reverently towards our superiors, to keep our distance, and give place to those to whom it belongs " Put not forth thyself rudely and carelessly in… Read the whole commentary →