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 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 presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of the great; 7For it is better that he say to you, “Come up here,” Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom your eyes have seen. Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, When your neighbor has put you to shame? 9Debate your case with your neighbor, And do not disclose the secret to another; 10Lest he who hears it expose your shame, And your reputation be ruined.

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 releasing water; Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.
• Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows.
• Proverbs 30:33For as the churning of milk produces butter, And wringing the nose produces blood, So the forcing of wrath produces strife.
• 2 Samuel 2:14Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men now arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”
• 2 Kings 14:8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us face one another in battle.”
• Luke 14:31Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider 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 of death.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?
• Matthew 5:25Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you 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
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• 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