Proverbs 25:10
World English Bible (WEB)
lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
In context
8 Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another,
10 lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
Proverbs 25:10 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
- KJV King James Version
- Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.
- DBY Darby Translation
- lest he that heareth [it] disgrace thee, and thine evil report turn not away.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamy turn not away.