Proverbs 25:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:26

Then Abner called to Joab, “Is the sword to keep devouring forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you order your people to turn from the pursuit of their kinsmen?”

1 Kings 3:25

The king said, “Divide the living boy in two; then give half to the 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

The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so stop before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips bring strife, and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.

Proverbs 30:33

For as pressing milk produces curds and pressing the nose produces blood, so pressing anger produces strife.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule as the prophets direct; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?

Matthew 5:25

Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way to court with him, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.