Proverbs 25:8 “do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end…”

Proverbs 25:8

do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

American Standard Version

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

Bible in Basic English

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

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Cross references

“hastily”

Proverbs 17:14 Proverbs 18:6 Proverbs 30:33 2 Samuel 2:26 2 Samuel 2:14–16 2 Kings 14:8–12

Proverbs 17:14 · BSB

To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 18:6 · BSB

A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 30:33 · BSB

For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”

2 Samuel 2:26 · BSB

Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

2 Samuel 2:14–16 · BSB

Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

2 Kings 14:8–12 · BSB

Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.

“what”

Matthew 5:25 Proverbs 14:12 Jeremiah 5:31

Matthew 5:25 · BSB

Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

Proverbs 14:12 · BSB

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,

9Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

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