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?

Cross References

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.

Proverbs 17:14

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

Proverbs 30:33

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

Proverbs 18:6

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

Proverbs 14:12

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

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?

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.’

Ecclesiastes 7:9

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