Proverbs 3:29
New American Standard Bible
29 (A)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.
Proverbs 3:29
New Living Translation
29 Don’t plot harm against your neighbor,
for those who live nearby trust you.
Proverbs 6:1
New American Standard Bible
Parental Counsel
6 My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,
Proverbs 6:1
New Living Translation
Lessons for Daily Life
6 My child,[a] if you have put up security for a friend’s debt
or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—
Footnotes
- 6:1 Hebrew My son.
Proverbs 6:3
New American Standard Bible
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm
Proverbs 6:3
New Living Translation
3 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.
Proverbs 16:29
New American Standard Bible
29 A person of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
New Living Translation
29 Violent people mislead their companions,
leading them down a harmful path.
Proverbs 21:10
New American Standard Bible
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His (A)neighbor is shown no compassion in his eyes.
Proverbs 21:10
New Living Translation
10 Evil people desire evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.
Proverbs 25:17
New American Standard Bible
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 25:17
New Living Translation
17 Don’t visit your neighbors too often,
or you will wear out your welcome.
Proverbs 27:10
New American Standard Bible
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.
Proverbs 27:10
New Living Translation
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.
Proverbs 27:14
New American Standard Bible
14 (A)One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:14
New Living Translation
14 A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
will be taken as a curse!
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