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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 25) Proverbs 25:8 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."
Proverbs 25:8 in Context (Verses 5–11 KJV)
5
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
6
Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:*
7
For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
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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.
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Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:*
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Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.*