Proverbs 25:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

KJV

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:a secret…: or, the secret of

WEB

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another,

ASV

Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another;

LSV

Plead your cause with your neighbor, || And do not reveal the secret counsel of another,

YLT

Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

DBY

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;

DRC

Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:

GNV

Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another,

JPS

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;

LXXE

Whenever thy friend shall reproach thee, retreat backward, despise him not;

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Original-language editions

WLC

רִֽ֭יבְךָ רִ֣יב אֶת־רֵעֶ֑ךָ וְס֖וֹד אַחֵ֣ר אַל־תְּגָֽל׃

LXX-Br

ἀναχώρει εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω· μὴ καταφρόνει,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 11:13A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
• Matthew 18:5–17And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his…
• Proverbs 20:19He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

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