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29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,
    since he dwells securely by you.

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29 Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,(A)
for he trusts you and lives near you.

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My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
    if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

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Financial Entanglements

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:1 Or friend
  2. 6:1 Lit or slapped hands for

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
    since you have come into the hand of your neighbor.
Go, humble yourself.
    Press your plea with your neighbor.

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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.

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29 A man of violence entices his neighbor,
    and leads him in a way that is not good.

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29 A violent person lures his neighbor,(A)
leading him on a path that is not good.(B)

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10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
    his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

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10 A wicked person desires evil;
he has no consideration[a] for his neighbor.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:10 Or favor

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

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17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

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10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
    Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
    A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

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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)

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14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
    it will be taken as a curse by him.

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14 If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.

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