◄ Proverbs 25:9 ►
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Good News Translation
If you and your neighbor have a difference of opinion, settle it between yourselves and do not reveal any secrets.

New Revised Standard Version
Argue your case with your neighbor directly, and do not disclose another’s secret;

Contemporary English Version
When you and someone else can't get along, don't gossip about it.

New American Bible
Argue your own case with your neighbor, but the secrets of others do not disclose;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:

with

Matthew 18:5-17 And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. . . .

a secret to another

Proverbs 11:13 Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

Proverbs 20:19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

Context
More Proverbs of Solomon
…8The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend. 9Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger: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.…
Cross References
Matthew 18:15
But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

Proverbs 11:13
Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

Proverbs 25:10
Lest 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.

Proverbs 25:8
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