Proverbs 25:8 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Proverbs 25:8–10

Read Proverbs 25:8 with 25:8–10. Read alone, “Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do…” could turn a compressed observation, warning, comparison, or command into a guarantee or complete policy. The full unit establishes: contributes the claim, image, or instruction “Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put…”; by 25:10, it contributes the claim, image, or instruction “Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away”. Together the unit concentrates on friendship, neighbor-love, loyalty, and boundaries, truthful testimony, honest measures, and integrity within “Solomonic sayings copied by Hezekiah's men.”

Why This Verse Appears Here

Proverbs 25:8–10 forms a reviewed local cluster inside “Solomonic sayings copied by Hezekiah's men.” Its lines concentrate on friendship, neighbor-love, loyalty, and boundaries, truthful testimony, honest measures, and integrity, while each sentence proverb retains its own force and the neighboring database unit does not supply its meaning. Within that relationship, this verse contributes the claim, image, or instruction “Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put…”.