Proverbs 25:9 — Meaning and Application

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: {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}