Proverbs 3:29
World English Bible
29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,
since he dwells securely by you.
Proverbs 3:29
International Standard Version
29 Do not plan to harm your neighbor,
when he is living peacefully[a] beside you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:29 Or securely
Proverbs 6:1
World English Bible
6 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
Proverbs 6:1
International Standard Version
The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans
6 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor,
if you have agreed to a deal[a] with a stranger,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands
Proverbs 6:3
World English Bible
3 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.
Proverbs 6:3
International Standard Version
3 then do this, my son, and deliver yourself,
because you have come under your neighbor’s control.[a]
Go, humble yourself!
Plead passionately with your neighbor!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit. into the hands of your neighbor
Proverbs 16:29
World English Bible
29 A man of violence entices his neighbor,
and leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
International Standard Version
29 A violent man entices his companion
and leads him on a path that is not good.
Proverbs 21:10
World English Bible
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
Proverbs 21:10
International Standard Version
10 The soul of the wicked craves evil;
he extends no mercy to his neighbor.
Proverbs 25:17
World English Bible
17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
Proverbs 25:17
International Standard Version
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s home;
otherwise, he’ll grow weary and hate you.
Proverbs 27:10
World English Bible
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.
Proverbs 27:10
International Standard Version
10 Never abandon your friend nor your father’s friend,
and don’t go to your brother’s house in times of trouble.
A neighbor who is near is better
than a brother who lives far away.
Proverbs 27:14
World English Bible
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse by him.
Proverbs 27:14
International Standard Version
14 A friend’s loud blessing early in the morning
will be thought of as a curse.
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