A moment in scripture
Proverbs 25:10
"
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
"
The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 25:8
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
- Proverbs 25:9
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
- Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
- Proverbs 25:12
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.