Proverbs 25:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

Proverbs 25:10 —

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Psalms 119:39
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-10)

I. Here is good counsel given about going to law:—1. “Be not hasty in bringing an action, before thou hast thyself considered it, and consulted with thy friends about it: Go not forth hastily to strive; do not send for a writ in a passion, or upon the first appearance of right on thy side, but weigh the matter deliberately, because we are apt to be partial in our own cause; consider the certainty…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

9-10. (Compare Mt 5:25, Margin). secret--that is, of your opponent, for his disadvantage, and so you be disgraced, not having discussed your difficulties with him.