Proverbes 25:8

8 Ne te hâte pas de sortir pour plaider, de peur qu'à la fin tu ne saches que faire, après que ton prochain t'aura rendu confus.

Proverbes 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.

Proverbes 25:8 In-Context

6 Ne fais point le magnifique devant le roi, et ne te mets point au rang des grands.

7 Car il vaut mieux qu'on te dise: Monte ici, que si l'on t'abaissait devant le prince que tes yeux auront vu.

8 Ne te hâte pas de sortir pour plaider, de peur qu'à la fin tu ne saches que faire, après que ton prochain t'aura rendu confus.

9 Plaide ta cause contre ton prochain; mais ne révèle point le secret d'un autre;

10 De peur qu'en l'apprenant, il ne te le reproche, et que tu n'en reçoives un blâme qui ne s'efface point.