Proverbs 25:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:25 : 25 Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
  • Prov 18:6 : 6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
  • Prov 30:33 : 33 The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.
  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?
  • Luke 14:31-32 : 31 Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or while the other is still a great distance away, he sends representatives requesting conditions of peace.
  • 2 Sam 2:14-16 : 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so. 15 So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And every one got the other by the head, driving his sword into the other's side, so they all went down together: and that place was named the Field of Sides, and it is in Gibeon.
  • 2 Sam 2:26 : 26 Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?
  • 2 Kgs 14:8-9 : 8 Then Amaziah sent representatives to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face. 9 And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet. 10 It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall? 11 But Amaziah gave no attention. So Jehoash, king of Israel, went up, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh, which is in Judah. 12 And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 25:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

    10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

  • Prov 25:6-7
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    78%

    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

    7 For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

  • Prov 3:28-30
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    76%

    28 Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

    29 Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

    30 Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

  • Prov 24:27-29
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    27 Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

    28 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

    29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Prov 6:3
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    3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.

  • Prov 22:24-25
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    74%

    24 Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

    25 For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

  • Luke 12:58
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    58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

  • Prov 24:17-18
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    73%

    17 Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • Prov 27:1-2
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    73%

    1 Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

    2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

  • Prov 18:17
    72%

    17 The man who first puts his cause before the judge seems to be in the right; but then his neighbour comes and puts his cause in its true light.

  • Matt 5:25
    72%

    25 Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

  • Prov 20:3
    72%

    3 It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

  • Prov 26:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

  • Eccl 7:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

    10 Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

  • Prov 5:9
    72%

    9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

  • Prov 18:13
    72%

    13 To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

  • Prov 14:7
    72%

    7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

  • Eccl 10:4
    72%

    4 If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

  • Prov 11:12
    71%

    12 He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

  • Prov 17:14
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    14 The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    1 Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

    2 As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

  • Prov 23:4
    71%

    4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

  • Ps 37:8
    71%

    8 Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 27:10
    71%

    10 Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

  • Prov 29:9
    71%

    9 If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

  • Prov 12:16
    71%

    16 A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

  • Hos 4:4
    71%

    4 Let no man go to law or make protests, for your people are like those who go to law with a priest.

  • Job 22:21
    71%

    21 Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 14:29
    71%

    29 He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

  • Prov 19:2
    70%

    2 Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

  • Prov 15:18
    70%

    18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

  • Eccl 8:3
    70%

    3 Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

  • Prov 11:2
    70%

    2 When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

  • Prov 22:10
    70%

    10 Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

  • Prov 30:32
    70%

    32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Prov 26:17
    70%

    17 He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.