29 (A)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.

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29 Don’t plot harm against your neighbor,
    for those who live nearby trust you.

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29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.(A)

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29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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Parental Counsel

My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,

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Lessons for Daily Life

My child,[a] if you have put up security for a friend’s debt
    or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

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Footnotes

  1. 6:1 Hebrew My son.

Warnings Against Folly

My son,(A) if you have put up security(B) for your neighbor,(C)
    if you have shaken hands in pledge(D) for a stranger,

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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

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Then do this, my son, and save yourself:
Since you have come into the [a]hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm

follow my advice and save yourself,
    for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
    go and beg to have your name erased.

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So do this, my son, to free yourself,
    since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—[a]
    and give your neighbor no rest!

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

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29 A person of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.

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29 Violent people mislead their companions,
    leading them down a harmful path.

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29 A violent person entices their neighbor
    and leads them down a path that is not good.(A)

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29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

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10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His (A)neighbor is shown no compassion in his eyes.

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10 Evil people desire evil;
    their neighbors get no mercy from them.

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10 The wicked crave evil;
    their neighbors get no mercy from them.

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10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

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17 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Or he will become [a]weary of you and hate you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with

17 Don’t visit your neighbors too often,
    or you will wear out your welcome.

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17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
    too much of you, and they will hate you.

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17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

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10 Do not abandon your (A)friend or (B)your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

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10 Never abandon a friend—
    either yours or your father’s.
When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.
    It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.

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10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
    and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster(A) strikes you—
    better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

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10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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