Proverbs 25:10 (BSB)

lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your infamy never go away.

From Proverbs 25. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 25:10

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 25:8-10: I. Here is good counsel given about going to law: - 1. "Be not hasty in bringing an action, before thou hast thyself considered it, and consulted with thy friends about it: Go not forth hastily to strive; do not send for a writ in a passion, or upon the first appearance of right on thy side, but weigh the matter deliberately, because we are...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 25:10: Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame,.... Or, "reproach thee" (c) 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...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 25:10: Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thy infamy turn not away. (h) Lest while you think by this means to have an end of the matter, it put you to further trouble.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 25:8-10: Pro 25:8-10 8 Go not forth hastily to strife, That it may not be said, “What wilt thou do in the end thereof, When now thy neighbour bringeth disgrace upon thee?” 9 Art thou striving with thy neighbour? strive with him, But disclose not the secret of another; 10 That he who heareth it may not despise thee, And thine evil name depart no more.