Then Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ’
Proverbs 25:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Don’t take a matter to court hastily. Otherwise, what will you do afterwards if your opponent humiliates you? Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Rush not forth soon to quarrel [before magistrates or elsewhere], lest you know not what to do in the end when your neighbor has put you to shame. [Prov. 17:14; Matt. 5:25.] American Standard Version (1901) Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. Common English Bible don’t be quick to quarrel over; what will you do in the future when your neighbor shames you? Catholic Public Domain Version The things that your eyes have seen, do not offer hastily in a quarrel, lest afterward you may not be able to make amends, when you have dishonored your friend. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend. |
Then Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ’
And the king said, ‘Cut the living boy in two and give half to one and half to the other.’
There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.
To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.
For the churning of milk produces butter, and twisting a nose draws blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.
Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of fools.
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?
Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you’re on the way with him to the court, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.