Proverbs 25:10

10 Otherwise, the one who hears it will vilify you; the slander against you will never stop.

Proverbs 25:10 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 25:10

Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame
Or, "reproach thee" ^F3 with treachery and deceit. Either the person of whom it is told, or the person to whom it is told; who may make thee ashamed, either by fixing the odious character of a defamer, a whisperer, and backbiter, on thee; or by making a retaliation, and in his turn make known some secret things concerning thyself, which before were not known, and, now published, will be to thy disgrace; and thine infamy turn not away;
it shall stick so close to thee, that thou shalt never get clear of it as long as thou livest, or ever retrieve thy credit; the brand of infamy shall ever be upon thee.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Kdoxy) "probris afficiat te", Pagniuus, Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "probro afficiet te", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Proverbs 25:10 In-Context

8 don't be quick to quarrel over; what will you do in the future when your neighbor shames you?

9 Argue it out with your neighbor, and don't give away someone's secret.

10 Otherwise, the one who hears it will vilify you; the slander against you will never stop.

11 Words spoken at the right time are like gold apples in a silver setting.

12 Wise correction to an ear that listens is like a gold earring or jewelry of fine gold.