29 (A)Do not plan evil against your neighbor,
    who (B)dwells trustingly 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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Practical Warnings

My son, if you have put up (A)security for your neighbor,
    have (B)given your pledge 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,
    for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
    go, hasten,[a] and (A)plead urgently with your neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:3 Or humble yourself

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 man 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 neighbor finds no mercy 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 be seldom in your neighbor's house,
    lest he have his fill of you and hate you.

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17 Don’t visit your neighbors too often,
    or you will wear out your welcome.

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10 Do not forsake your friend and (A)your father's friend,
    and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity.
(B)Better is a neighbor who is near
    than a brother who is 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 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.

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

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