Proverbs 25:7–8

Proverbs 25:7–8 (Listen)

7 for 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,1
for2 what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Footnotes [1] 25:8 Or presence of a noble, as your eyes have seen. 8Do not go hastily out to court

[2] 25:8 Hebrew or else

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