Cross references
Proverbs 25:8
do not bring hastily to court.
Otherwise, what will you do in the end
when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Proverbs 25:8 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 5:25 (12 votes) and Proverbs 17:14 (9 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Judges 11 to 1 Corinthians 13.
Which verses does Proverbs 25:8 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Matthew 5:2512 votes
Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
- Proverbs 17:149 votes
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
- Proverbs 18:67 votes
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- Proverbs 14:125 votes
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- Proverbs 30:335 votes
For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
- 2 Samuel 2:263 votes
Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
- Jeremiah 5:313 votes
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Luke 14:31–323 votes
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand? And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.
- 2 Samuel 2:14–162 votes
Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied. So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David. …
- 2 Kings 14:8–121 vote
Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said. But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle. …
Which verses point to Proverbs 25:8?
The 10 strongest of 22.