Proverbs 3:29
Modern English Version
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
seeing 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
Modern English Version
Warning Against Pledges
6 My son, if you put up a security for your friend,
if you have shaken hands with 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
Modern English Version
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself;
when you have come into the hand of your friend,
go and humble yourself;
plead with your friend.
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
Modern English Version
29 A violent man entices his neighbor,
and leads him into the 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
Modern English Version
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
his neighbor finds no favor 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
Modern English Version
17 Withdraw your foot from your neighbor’s house,
lest he be weary of you and so 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
Modern English Version
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
nor go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
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
Modern English Version
14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
it will be counted a curse to 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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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
