Proverbs

⁷For better it is that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whose eyes have seen you. [Luke 14:8-10.] ⁸Rush not forth soon to quarrel [before magistrates or elsewhere], lest you know not what to do in the end when your neighbor has put you to shame. [Prov. 17:14; Matt. 5:25.] ⁹Argue your cause with your neighbor himself; discover not and disclose not another's secret, [Matt. 18:15.] ¹⁰Lest he who hears you revile you and bring shame upon you and your ill repute have no end. ¹¹A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver. [Prov. 15:23; Isa. 50:4.] ¹²Like an earring or nose ring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise reprover to an ear that listens and obeys. ¹³Like the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the life of his masters.