Matthew Henry · Verses 8–10
To be hasty in beginning strife, will bring into difficulties. War must at length end, and might better be prevented. It is so in private quarrels; do all thou canst to settle the matter.
Proverbs 25:10
lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
BSB
lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your infamy never go away.
KJV
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
ASV
Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.
BBE
Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.
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2Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.