“Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:”
Proverbs 25:9 (KJV) |
Proverbs 25:9
From Proverbs 25, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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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.
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.
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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.
11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.