29 (A)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.

Read full chapter

29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
For he dwells by you for safety’s sake.

Read full chapter

Parental Counsel

My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,

Read full chapter

Dangerous Promises

My son, (A)if you become [a]surety for your friend,
If you have [b]shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 6:1 guaranty or collateral
  2. Proverbs 6:1 Lit. struck

Then do this, my son, and save yourself:
Since you have come into the [a]hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm

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.

Read full chapter

29 A person of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.

Read full chapter

29 A violent man entices his neighbor,
And leads him in a way that is not good.

Read full chapter

10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His (A)neighbor is shown no compassion in his eyes.

Read full chapter

10 (A)The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

Read full chapter

17 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Or he will become [a]weary of you and hate you.

Read full chapter

Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house,
Lest he become weary of you and hate you.

Read full chapter

10 Do not abandon your (A)friend or (B)your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

14 (A)One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him.

Read full chapter

14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It will be counted a curse to him.

Read full chapter