Zhēnyán 25:8

8 Búyào mào shī chū qù yǔ rén zhēngjing , miǎndé zhì zhōng beì tā xiūrǔ , nǐ jiù bù zhīdào zĕnyàng xíng le .

Zhēnyán 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.

Zhēnyán 25:8 In-Context

6 Búyào zaì wáng miànqián wàng zì zūn dà . búyào zaì dà rén de wèi shang zhàn lì .

7 Néngkĕ yǒu rén shuō , qǐng nǐ shang lái , jiàng rú zaì nǐ jìn jiàn de wáng zǐ miànqián , jiào nǐ tuì xià .

8 Búyào mào shī chū qù yǔ rén zhēngjing , miǎndé zhì zhōng beì tā xiūrǔ , nǐ jiù bù zhīdào zĕnyàng xíng le .

9 Nǐ yǔ línshè zhēng sòng , yào yǔ tā rén biànlùn . bùkĕ xiè lòu rén de mì shì .

10 Kǒngpà tīngjian de rén mà nǐ , nǐde chòu míng jiù nányǐ tuōlí .