Proverbios 25:8

8 No te apresures a litigar; pues ¿qué harás al final, cuando tu prójimo te averguence?

Proverbios 25:8 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive
To go to law with a neighbour; think well of it beforehand; consider the nature of the cause, whether right or wrong; or whether it is a matter of such moment as to go to law about; whether it will not be deemed a frivolous and vexatious suit; whether able to bear the expenses of it, and what may probably be the success of it; lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof;
for a livelihood, having spent all thy substance in the lawsuit, and so reduced to poverty as not to know how to live, or how and where to show thy face, through the disgrace that shall fall upon time by losing the cause; when that neighbour hath put thee to shame;
in open court, and proved himself to be in the right, and that thou art in the wrong; himself an honest man, and thee a litigious person.

Proverbios 25:8 In-Context

6 No hagas ostentación ante el rey, y no te pongas en el lugar de los grandes;

7 porque es mejor que te digan: Sube acá, a que te humillen delante del príncipe a quien tus ojos han visto.

8 No te apresures a litigar; pues ¿qué harás al final, cuando tu prójimo te averguence?

9 Discute tu caso con tu prójimo y no descubras el secreto de otro,

10 no sea que te reproche el que lo oiga y tu mala fama no se acabe.