29 Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,(A)
for he trusts you and lives near you.

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29 Do not plan to harm your neighbor,
    when he is living peacefully[a] beside you.

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  1. Proverbs 3:29 Or securely

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

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Financial Entanglements

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,(A)

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  1. 6:1 Or friend
  2. 6:1 Lit or slapped hands for

The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor,
if you have agreed to a deal[a] with a stranger,

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  1. Proverbs 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands

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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Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

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then do this, my son, and deliver yourself,
    because you have come under your neighbor’s control.[a]
Go, humble yourself!
    Plead passionately with your neighbor!

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  1. Proverbs 6:3 Lit. into the hands of your neighbor

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

29 A violent person lures his neighbor,(A)
leading him on a path that is not good.(B)

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29 A violent man entices his companion
    and leads him on a path that is not good.

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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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10 A wicked person desires evil;
he has no consideration[a] for his neighbor.(A)

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  1. 21:10 Or favor

10 The soul of the wicked craves evil;
    he extends no mercy to his neighbor.

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

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17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

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17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s home;
    otherwise, he’ll grow weary and hate you.

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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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10 Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,(A)
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.(B)

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10 Never abandon your friend nor your father’s friend,
    and don’t go to your brother’s house in times of trouble.
A neighbor who is near is better
    than 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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14 If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.

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14 A friend’s loud blessing early in the morning
    will be thought of as a curse.

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14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,
    it will be taken as a curse.

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