Proverbs 25:10

10 lest he who hears shame you and your ill repute will not end.

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 do not hastily bring out to court, for what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

9 Argue your argument with your neighbor [himself], the secret of another do not disclose,

10 lest he who hears shame you and your ill repute will not end.

11 Apples of gold in a setting of silver is a matter spoken at its proper time.

12 A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold [is] a rebuke of the wise to the ear of a listener.