Proverbs 3:27-31
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27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it to you,”
When you have it with you.
29 (C)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.
30 (D)Do not contend with a person for no reason,
If he has done you no harm.
31 (E)Do not envy a violent person,
And do not choose any of his ways.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners
Proverbs 6:1-5
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Parental Counsel
6 My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,
2 If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Or caught by the words of your mouth,
3 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.
4 Give no (B)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5 Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand,
And like a (C)bird from the hand of the fowler.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm
Proverbs 11:9
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9 With his (A)mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the (B)righteous will be rescued.
Proverbs 11:12
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12 One who despises his neighbor lacks [a]sense,
But a person of understanding keeps silent.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:12 Lit heart
Proverbs 14:20
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20 The (A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
Proverbs 16:29
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29 A person of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 17:9
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9 One who (A)conceals an offense seeks love,
But one who repeats a matter (B)separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:17
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17 A (A)friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:18
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18 A person lacking in [a]sense (A)shakes hands
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit heart
Proverbs 18:17-24
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17 The first [a]to plead his case seems right,
Until [b]another comes and examines him.
18 The cast (A)lot puts an end to quarrels,
And [c]decides between the mighty ones.
19 A brother who is offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
And quarrels are like the bars of a citadel.
20 With the [d](B)fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied;
(C)He will be satisfied with the product of his lips.
21 (D)Death and life are in the [e]power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its (E)fruit.
22 He who finds a (F)wife finds a good thing
And (G)obtains favor from the Lord.
23 A (H)poor person utters pleadings,
But a (I)rich person (J)answers defiantly.
24 A person of too many friends comes to [f]ruin,
But there is (K)a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:17 Lit in his plea
- Proverbs 18:17 Lit his neighbor
- Proverbs 18:18 Lit makes a division
- Proverbs 18:20 I.e., speech
- Proverbs 18:21 Lit hand
- Proverbs 18:24 Lit be broken in pieces
Proverbs 19:4
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4 (A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor person is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:6
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6 (A)Many will seek the favor of a [a]generous person,
And every person is a friend to (B)him who gives gifts.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:6 Or noble
Proverbs 19:7
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7 All the brothers of a poor person hate him;
How much more do his (A)friends abandon him!
He (B)pursues them with words, but they are [a]gone.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:7 Lit not
Proverbs 20:6
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Proverbs 21:10
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10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His (A)neighbor is shown no compassion in his eyes.
Proverbs 22:11
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:11 Lit has grace on his lips
Proverbs 23:10-11
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10 Do not move the ancient boundary
Or (A)go into the fields of the fatherless,
11 For their (B)Redeemer is strong;
(C)He will plead their case against you.
Proverbs 24:28
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Proverbs 25:8
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8 Do not go out (A)hastily to [a]argue your case;
[b]Otherwise, what will you do in [c]the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:8 Lit contend
- Proverbs 25:8 Lit Lest
- Proverbs 25:8 Lit its
Proverbs 25:9-10
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9 [a](A)Argue your case with your neighbor,
And (B)do not reveal the secret of another,
10 Or one who hears it will put you to shame,
And the evil report about you will not [b]pass away.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:9 Lit Contend
- Proverbs 25:10 Lit return
Proverbs 25:17
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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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with
Proverbs 25:18
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18 Like a club, a (A)sword, and a sharp (B)arrow
Is a person who gives (C)false testimony against his neighbor.
Proverbs 26:18-19
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18 Like a maniac who shoots
(A)Flaming arrows, arrows, and death,
19 So is a person who (B)deceives his neighbor,
And says, “(C)Was I not joking?”
Proverbs 27:9-10
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9 (A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
And a [a]person’s advice is sweet to his friend.
10 Do not abandon your (B)friend or (C)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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:9 Lit soul’s
Proverbs 27:14
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14 (A)One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him.
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