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For it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here”, than for you to be lowered in the presence of the Prince whom your eyes have seen.

Do not go forth hastily to strife, lest you do not know what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

Debate your matter with your neighbor, and do not reveal the secret to another,

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it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes
    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(B)

If you take your neighbor to court,
    do not betray another’s confidence,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go