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 honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men; 7for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen. Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame? 9When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person, 10lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.

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 17:14Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out!
• Proverbs 18:6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
• Proverbs 30:33For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.
• 2 Samuel 2:14Abner said to Joab, “Let the soldiers get up and fight before us.” Joab said, “So be it!”
• 2 Kings 14:8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, “Come, let’s meet face to face.”
• Luke 14:31Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
• Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
• Matthew 5:25Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will 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

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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