Proverbs 3:29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
29 Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,(A)
for he trusts you and lives near you.
Proverbs 3:29
Common English Bible
29 Don’t plan to harm your neighbor
who trusts and lives near you.
Proverbs 6:1
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Financial Entanglements
6 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,[c](A)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Or friend
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit or shaken hands for or with
- Proverbs 6:1 The Hb word for stranger can refer to a foreigner, an Israelite outside one’s family, or simply to another person.
Proverbs 6:1
Common English Bible
Wise advice
6 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor
or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,
Proverbs 6:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 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.
Proverbs 6:3
Common English Bible
3 Do this, my son, to get out of it,
for you have come under the control of your neighbor.
So go, humble yourself,[a] and pester your neighbor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 16:29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 16:29
Common English Bible
29 Violent people entice their neighbors
and walk them down a path that isn’t good.
Proverbs 21:10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:10 Or favor
Proverbs 21:10
Common English Bible
10 Wicked people desire evil;
their neighbors receive no mercy from them.
Proverbs 25:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.
Proverbs 25:17
Common English Bible
17 Don’t spend too much time in your neighbor’s house.
Otherwise, they’ll get fed up with you and hate you.
Proverbs 27:10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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)
Proverbs 27:10
Common English Bible
10 Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;
don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.
Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
Proverbs 27:14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
14 If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:14
Common English Bible
14 Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning
will be viewed as a curse.
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