[a](A)Argue your case with your neighbor,
And (B)do not reveal the secret of another,
10 Or he who hears it will reproach you,
And the evil report about you will not [b]pass away.

11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a (C)word spoken in [c]right circumstances.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:9 Lit Contend
  2. Proverbs 25:10 Lit return
  3. Proverbs 25:11 Lit its

If you take your neighbor to court,
    do not betray another’s confidence,
10 or the one who hears it may shame you
    and the charge against you will stand.

11 Like apples[a] of gold in settings of silver(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots