lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end.
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...
Commenting on Proverbs 25:8-10
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...
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.