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    do not hastily bring into court;
for[a] what will you do in the end,
    when your neighbour puts you to shame?
Argue your case with your neighbour directly,
    and do not disclose another’s secret;
10 or else someone who hears you will bring shame upon you,
    and your ill repute will have no end.

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Cn: Heb or else

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