Proverbs 3:29
World English Bible
29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,
since he dwells securely by you.
Proverbs 3:29
New King James Version
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
For he dwells by you for safety’s sake.
Proverbs 6:1
World English Bible
6 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
Proverbs 6:1
New King James Version
Dangerous Promises
6 My son, (A)if you become [a]surety for your friend,
If you have [b]shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 guaranty or collateral
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit. struck
Proverbs 6:3
World English Bible
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
since you have come into the hand of your neighbor.
Go, humble yourself.
Press your plea with your neighbor.
Proverbs 6:3
New King James Version
3 So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.
Proverbs 16:29
World English Bible
29 A man of violence entices his neighbor,
and leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
New King James Version
29 A violent man entices his neighbor,
And leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 21:10
World English Bible
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
Proverbs 21:10
New King James Version
10 (A)The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
Proverbs 25:17
World English Bible
17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
Proverbs 25:17
New King James Version
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house,
Lest he become weary of you and hate you.
Proverbs 27:10
World English Bible
10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
Proverbs 27:10
New King James Version
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
(A)Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 27:14
World English Bible
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse by him.
Proverbs 27:14
New King James Version
14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It will be counted a curse to him.
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