for (A)it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen
    (B)do not hastily bring into court,[a]
for[b] what will you do in the end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?
(C)Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
    and do not reveal another's secret,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or presence of a noble, as your eyes have seen. 8Do not go hastily out to court
  2. Proverbs 25:8 Hebrew or else

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