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
International Standard Version
29 Do not plan to harm your neighbor,
when he is living peacefully[a] beside you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:29 Or securely
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
International Standard Version
The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans
6 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor,
if you have agreed to a deal[a] with a stranger,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands
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
International Standard Version
3 then do this, my son, and deliver yourself,
because you have come under your neighbor’s control.[a]
Go, humble yourself!
Plead passionately with your neighbor!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit. into the hands of your neighbor
Proverbs 16:29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 16:29
International Standard Version
29 A violent man entices his companion
and leads him on a path that is not good.
Proverbs 21:10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:10 Or favor
Proverbs 21:10
International Standard Version
10 The soul of the wicked craves evil;
he extends no mercy to his neighbor.
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
International Standard Version
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s home;
otherwise, he’ll grow weary 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
International Standard Version
10 Never abandon your friend nor your father’s friend,
and don’t go to your brother’s house in times of trouble.
A neighbor who is near is better
than a brother who lives 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
International Standard Version
14 A friend’s loud blessing early in the morning
will be thought of as a curse.
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