Proverbs 25:9
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Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:

Matthew 18:15
But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

Proverbs 11:13
Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

Proverbs 25:10
Lest he insult over thee, when he hath heard it, and cease not to upbraid thee. Grace and friendship deliver a man: keep these for thyself, lest thou fall under reproach.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

with

Matthew 18:5-17 And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. . . .

a secret to another

Proverbs 11:13 Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

Proverbs 20:19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

Context
More Proverbs of Solomon
8The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend. 9Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:10Lest he insult over thee, when he hath heard it, and cease not to upbraid thee. Grace and friendship deliver a man: keep these for thyself, lest thou fall under reproach.…
Lexicon
Argue
רִֽ֭יבְךָ (rî·ḇə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

your case
רִ֣יב (rîḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7379: Strife, dispute

with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

your neighbor
רֵעֶ֑ךָ (rê·‘e·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

without
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

betraying
תְּגָֽל׃ (tə·ḡāl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal

another’s
אַחֵ֣ר (’a·ḥêr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

confidence,
וְס֖וֹד (wə·sō·wḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5475: A session, company of persons, intimacy, consultation, a secret


Additional Translations
Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and discover not a secret to another:

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

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

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

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself, and disclose not the secret of another:

Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and reveal not a secret to another:

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

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