8do 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 notאַל־H408Adverbbringתֵּצֵ֥אH3318Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularhastilyמַ֫הֵ֥רH4118Adverbto courtלָרִ֗בH7378Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructOtherwiseפֶּ֣ןH6435Conjunctionwhatמַה־H4100Interrogativewill you doתַּ֭עֲשֶׂהH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularin the endבְּאַחֲרִיתָ֑הּH319Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularwhen your neighborרֵעֶֽךָ׃H7453Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularputs you to shameבְּהַכְלִ֖יםH3637Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct-אֹתְךָ֣H853Direct object marker | second person masculine singular