29 ¶ Intend none hurt against thy neighbor, seeing he doth dwell [a]without fear by thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:29 That is, putteth his trust in thee.

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

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1 Instruction for sureties. 6 The slothful and sluggish is stirred to work. 12 He describeth the nature of the wicked. 16 The things that God hateth. 20 To observe the word of God. 24 To flee adultery.

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbor, and hast stricken hands with the stranger,

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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 now, my Son, and deliver thyself: seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor, go, and humble thyself, and solicit thy friends.

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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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Footnotes

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

29 A wicked man deceiveth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way 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 The soul of the wicked wisheth evil, and his neighbor hath no favor in his eyes.

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

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17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

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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 Thine own friend and thy father’s friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brother’s [a]house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:10 Trust not to any worldly help in the day of thy trouble.

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 He that [a]praiseth his friend with a loud voice, rising [b]early in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:14 Hebrew, blesseth.
  2. Proverbs 27:14 Hastily and without cause.

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

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