(A)Do not go hastily to [a]court;
For what will you do in the end,
When your neighbor has put you to shame?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit. contend or bring a lawsuit

    do not bring[a] hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end
    if your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / Do not go

25 (A)Agree with your adversary quickly, (B)while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

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25 “Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

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26 Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.

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26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

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