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.
• 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?
• 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 exalt yourself in the king’s presence, and do not claim a place among his great men; 7it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. What you have seen with your eyes do not bring hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame? 9If you take your neighbor to court, do not betray another’s confidence, 10or the one who hears it may shame you and the charge against you will stand.

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 breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
• Proverbs 18:6The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.
• Proverbs 30:33For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.”
• 2 Samuel 2:14Then Abner said to Joab, “Let’s have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us.” “All right, let them do it,” Joab said.
• 2 Kings 14:8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, with the challenge: “Come, let us face each other in battle.”
• Luke 14:31“Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
• Proverbs 14:12There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
• Matthew 5:25“Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary 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

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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