Proverbs 25:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷for it is better to be told, ‘Come up here’,
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen
⁸    do not hastily bring into court;
for^[a] what will you do in the end,
    when your neighbour puts you to shame?
⁹Argue your case with your neighbour directly,
    and do not disclose another’s secret;

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Proverbs 25:8 Cn: Heb or else

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