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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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14 A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
    will be taken as a curse!

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