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 3:29
American Standard Version
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbor,
Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
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 6:1
American Standard Version
6 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
If thou hast stricken [a]thy hands for a stranger;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Or, thy hand with a stranger
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 6:3
American Standard Version
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor:
Go, [a]humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or, bestir
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 16:29
American Standard Version
29 A man of violence enticeth his neighbor,
And leadeth him in a way that is not good.
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 21:10
American Standard Version
10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil:
His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.
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 25:17
American Standard Version
17 Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house,
Lest he be [a]weary of thee, and hate thee.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:17 Hebrew full of thee.
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 27:10
American Standard Version
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
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.
Proverbs 27:14
American Standard Version
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,
It shall be counted a curse to him.
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