Proverbs 25:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?”
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“do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Go not forth hastily to strive, Lestthou know notwhat to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 25:8 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 2:14Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
- 2 Samuel 2:26Then 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?”
- 1 Kings 3:25and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
- 2 Kings 14:8Then 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.
- Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- Proverbs 30:33For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Matthew 5:25Reconcile 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.
- Luke 14:31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
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