Proverbs 25:8

Proverbs 25:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)do not bring hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?
• English Standard Version (ESV)do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, When your neighbor has put you to shame?

Context of Proverbs 25:8

6Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men; 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, do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame? 9Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence, 10lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your infamy never go away.

Proverbs 25:8 word by word

אַל־תֵּצֵ֥א לָרִ֗ב מַ֫הֵ֥ר פֶּ֣ן מַה־תַּ֭עֲשֶׂה בְּאַחֲרִיתָ֑הּ בְּהַכְלִ֖ים אֹתְךָ֣ רֵעֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• do notאַל'al · notH408
• bringיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• hastilyמַהֵרmahêr · quicklyH4118
• to courtרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• Otherwiseפֶּן־pên · lestH6435
• whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• will you doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• in the endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• when your neighborרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• puts you to shameכָּלַםkâlam · be humiliatedH3637
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853

Cross-references for Proverbs 25:8

• 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.”
• 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 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.
• 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?
• Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
• 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.

Commentaries on Proverbs 25:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Go not forth hastily to strive - לרב lerib, to enter into a lawsuit. Keep from this pit or the bottomless deep, unless urged by the direst necessity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The general meaning is: It is dangerous to plunge into litigation. At all times, there is the risk of failure, and, if we fail, of being at the mercy of an irritated adversary. Without the italics, the clause may be rendered, “lest thou do something (i. e., something humiliating and vexatious) at the end thereof.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-10Verses 8-10 To be hasty in beginning strife, will bring into difficulties. War must at length end, and might better be prevented. It is so in private quarrels; do all thou canst to settle the matter.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (Compare Pr 3:30). lest ... shame--lest you do what you ought not, when shamed by defeat, or "lest thou art shut out from doing any thing."Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 25:8

• Adjudication at Law
• Compromise
• Lawsuits
• Prudence
• Rashness
• Strife

In the dictionaries

• Arrow
• Debate
• Discover
• Heavy
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Solomon
• shame, ashamed, disgrace, humiliate, reproach
• trial, proving

Commentaries on Proverbs 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings