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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)don’t be in a hurry to go to court. For what will you do in the end if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?

Context of Proverbs 25:8

6Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great, 7for it is better to be told, "Come up here," than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. What your eyes have seen do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame? 9Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another's secret, 10lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end.

Proverbs 25:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Go not forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• hastilyמַהֵרmahêr · quicklyH4118
• to striveרִיבrîyb rûb · to contendH7378
• what to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• in the endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• thereof, when thy neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• hath put thee to shameכָּלַםkâlam · be humiliatedH3637

Cross-references for Proverbs 25:8

• Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
• Proverbs 18:6A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
• Proverbs 30:33For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.
• 2 Samuel 2:14And Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men arise and compete before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise."
• 2 Kings 14:8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face."
• Luke 14:31Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
• Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
• Jeremiah 5:31the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
• Matthew 5:25Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in 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

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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