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29 Don’t ·make plans to hurt [intend evil toward] your neighbor
    who lives nearby and trusts you.

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Dangers of Being Foolish

My ·child [L son], ·be careful about giving [L if you make] a guarantee for ·somebody else’s loan [L your neighbor/friend],
    ·about promising to pay what someone else owes [L shaking hands with a stranger in agreement; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 22:26; 27:13].

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My ·child [L son], if you have done this and are under your ·neighbor’s [or friend’s] control,
    here is how to ·get free [extricate yourself].
·Don’t be proud [L Humble yourself]. Go to your ·neighbor [or friend]
    and ·beg to be free from your promise [L press/urge your neighbor/friend].

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29 ·Cruel [Violent] people ·trick [entice] their neighbors
and ·lead them to do wrong [L make them walk on a path that is not good].

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10 Evil people ·only want [desire] to harm others.
Their neighbors get no ·mercy [favor; grace] from them.

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17 ·Don’t go to your neighbor’s house too often [L Rarely let your feet step into your neighbor’s house];
    ·too much of you will make him [L they will have their fill of you and] hate you.

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10 Don’t ·forget [abandon] your friend or your parent’s friend.
    Don’t always go to your ·family for help [brother] when trouble comes.
A neighbor close by is better than a ·family [brother] far away.

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14 If you loudly ·greet [bless] your neighbor early in the morning,
he will think of it as a curse.

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