Proverbs 25:10
in Proverbs 25lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.
KJV
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
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This verse in Proverbs 25
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
do not bring hastily to court
on Proverbs 25:8-10
The command "do not bring hastily to court" warns against rushing into a dispute before knowing how it will end. "Argue your case with your neighbor" keeps the quarrel between the two parties. A secret told to a third person can bring infamy that will "never go away."
This site's exposition
lest the one who hears may disgrace you
The one who hears may turn on the betrayer. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown read the secret as the opponent's own, told to others to disgrace him. Albert Barnes calls the result the infamy of the betrayer of secrets, and that infamy will never go away.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Solomon frequently mentions "friend" and "friendship." Therefore, it is fitting now to look into what he means by friendship. He says [in effect] that grace and friendship liberate. Also, the Savior in the gospels says to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame,.... Or, "reproach thee" (c) with treachery and deceit.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פֶּֽן־ | pen- | lest | H6435 → | 133 times |
| יְחַסֶּדְךָ֥ | yechasedkha | he should bring shame you | H2616 → | |
| שֹׁמֵ֑עַ | shomea' | [one who] hears | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ | vedibatekha | and evil report your | H1681 → | |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תָשֽׁוּב׃ | tashuv | it will turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
פֶּֽן־lest
pen-H6435 →133 times
יְחַסֶּדְךָ֥he should bring shame you
yechasedkhaH2616 →
שֹׁמֵ֑עַ[one who] hears
shomea'H8085 →1159 times
וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗and evil report your
vedibatekhaH1681 →
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תָשֽׁוּב׃it will turn back
tashuvH7725 →1056 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 119:39Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:22
Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
- Titus 2:8
and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
- 1 Timothy 3:7
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
- Romans 2:2
And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
- Psalms 57:3
He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
- Psalms 119:22
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Bridges, An Exposition of the Book of Proverbs; Evagrius Ponticus, SCHOLIA ON PROVERBS 304:25.10; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).