8 do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Focused Passage
Proverbs 25:8
Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control
The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.
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Verse 8
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do not אַל־ H408 Adverb bring תֵּצֵ֥א H3318 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular hastily מַ֫הֵ֥ר H4118 Adverb to court לָרִ֗ב H7378 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Otherwise פֶּ֣ן H6435 Conjunction what מַה־ H4100 Interrogative will you do תַּ֭עֲשֶׂה H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular in the end בְּאַחֲרִיתָ֑הּ H319 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular when your neighbor רֵעֶֽךָ׃ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular puts you to shame בְּהַכְלִ֖ים H3637 Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct - אֹתְךָ֣ H853 Direct object marker | second person masculine singular