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Proverbs 25:8

“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.”

Verse in context — Proverbs 25

6

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men]:

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.

9

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another:

10

Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

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