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29 Do not plan harm against your neighbor
    who lives trustingly beside you.(A)

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

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Practical Admonitions

My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor,
    if you have bound yourself to another,[a](A)

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  1. 6.1 Or a stranger

Parental Counsel

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

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So do this, my child, and save yourself,
    for you have come into your neighbor’s power:
    go, hurry,[a] and plead with your neighbor.

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  1. 6.3 Or humble yourself

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.

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  1. Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm

29 The violent entice their neighbors
    and lead them in a way that is not good.(A)

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

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10 The souls of the wicked desire evil;
    their neighbors find no mercy in their eyes.(A)

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

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17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
    lest the neighbor become weary of you and hate you.

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

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  1. Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with

10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
    do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
    than kindred who are far away.(A)

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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.

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14 Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.

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

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