Proverbs 25:8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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 apt to be partial in our own cause; consider the certainty of the expenses and the uncertainty of the success, how much care and vexation it will be the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive ,.... To go to law with a neighbour; think well of it beforehand; consider the nature of the cause, whether right or wrong; or whether it is a matter of such moment as to go to law about; whether it will not be deemed a frivolous and vexatious suit; whether able to bear the expenses of it, and what may probably be the success of it; lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof ; for a livelihood, having spent all thy substance in the lawsuit, and so... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth hastily to strive - לרב lerib , to enter into a lawsuit. Keep from this pit or the bottomless deep, unless urged by the direst necessity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:8

A tristich with no parallelism. Go not forth hastily to strive. The idea is either of one entering into litigation with undue haste, or of one hurrying to meet an adversary. St. Jerome, taking in the final words of the previous verse, renders, Quae viderunt oculi tui, ne proferas in jurgio cito , "What thine eyes have seen reveal not hastily in a quarrel." This is like Proverbs 25:9 below, and Christ's injunction, "If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:8-9

The wise way of settlement We look at— I. THE INEVITABLENESS OF DISPUTES . It is quite impossible that, with our present complication of interests—individual, domestic, social, civic, national—differences and difficulties should not arise amongst us. There must be a conflict of opinion, a clash of wishes and purposes, the divergence which may issue in dissension. What reason would teach us to anticipate experience shows us to exist. II. THE TEMPTATION OF THE HASTY ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 25:8-10

Some social pests I. THE CONTENTIOUS PERSON . ( Proverbs 25:8 .) He is irritable, easily takes offence, is readily provoked, barbs even the playful darts of jest with poison. When the consequences of this ill temper have broken out in full force, its mischief is seen and exposed too late. Beware, then, of "entrance to a quarrel." The contentious man may make real in the end the enmity of which he only dreams. II. MANFUL CONDUCT IN DISPUTES . ( Proverbs 25:9 .) If an... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 25:8-10

Proverbs 25:8-10. Go not forth hastily to strive To contend with thy neighbour judicially or otherwise; especially take some time to consider both whether thy cause be good, and whether it be important, as also how to manage it, before thou bring an action at law against him; reflect on the certainty of the expense and the uncertainty of the success, and how much care and vexation it will occasion; lest thou know not what to do, &c. Lest, in the conclusion, thou wish the matter had... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 25:1-28

25:1-29:27 MORE PROVERBS OF SOLOMONRelations with others (25:1-28)God has no obligation to explain to anyone the reasons for his actions. A king, however, has a duty to his people to investigate the causes of events that affect them, though he need not reveal to them his deepest thoughts (25:1-3). Some advisers to the king may be ungodly or treacherous, and should be removed if the king is to rule righteously (4-5). It is better to wait to be invited to a higher rank than to be boastfully... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 25:8

Go not forth, &c. Illustrations: Gaal (Judges 9:26-40 ); the ten tribes (Joshua 22:12-34 ); Abner(2 Samuel 2:14 , 2 Samuel 2:17 ); Asahel (2 Samuel 2:18-23 ); Amaziah (2 Kings 14:8-14 ); Josiah (2 Chronicles 35:20-24 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 25:8

"Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame. Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another; Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away."Another translation clarifies the passage: "Don't be too quick to go to court about something you have seen; if another witness later proves you wrong, what will you do then? If you and your neighbor have a difference of... read more

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