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 25:9
Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another;
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WEBBE
Debate your case with your neighbour, and don’t betray the confidence of another,
BSB
Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
KJV
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
ASV
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor [himself], And disclose not the secret of another;
BBE
Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:
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