Proverbs 25:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ Don’t take a matter to court hastily. Otherwise, what will you do afterwards if your opponent  humiliates you?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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

⁸ 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)

⁸ 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

⁸ don’t be quick to quarrel over; what will you do in the future when your neighbor shames you?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ 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.

Proverbs 25:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 2:26

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? ’

1 Kings 3:25

And the king said, ‘Cut the living boy in two and give half to one and half to the other.’

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.

Proverbs 17:14

To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips lead to strife, and his mouth provokes a beating.

Proverbs 30:33

For the churning of milk produces butter, and twisting a nose draws blood, and stirring up anger produces strife.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of fools.

Jeremiah 5:31

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?

Matthew 5:25

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.