10lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.


In Context

7 for it is better that it be said to you, |Come up here,| than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

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 Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:10Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:10or he who hears it may shame you and you will never lose your bad reputation.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:10Lest he insult over thee, when he hath heard it, and cease not to upbraid thee. Grace and friendship deliver a man: keep these for thyself, lest thou fall under reproach.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:10Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:10lest he that heareth it disgrace thee, and thine evil report turn not away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:10Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:10Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamy turn not away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:10Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:10Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and your infamy turn not away.