Proverbs 25:9
“Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:”
For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Related Verses
“Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.”
“Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.”
“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.”
“He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.”
“He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.”