Proverbs 25:10 — Meaning and Application

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: {a secret...: or, the secret of}

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. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}

{As} an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, {so is} a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.