Proverbs 25:10lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
The setting
Ancient Israel, ~950 BC. The king's court where reputations were made and destroyed by a single conversation. Jerusalem, Israel.
The emotion here: urgent warning from someone who's watched lives destroyed by loose tongues
The original word
dibbâh (דִּבָּה) — evil report or slander that spreads like wildfire through a community
Why it matters
In ancient Israel, reputation was literally survival - loss of reputation meant loss of livelihood
Read with care
What most readers miss in Proverbs 25:10
The Hebrew suggests the shame is not temporary embarrassment but permanent social damage
Common misconceptionPeople think reputation damage is temporary in our digital age, but online shame can be even more permanent than ancient gossip.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
Proverbs 25:10 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Proverbs 25:10 comes from the book of Proverbs, written during the United Kingdom period. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include reputation, consequences, shame. Notable phrases: put you to shame; bad reputation never depart.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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