Proverbs 3:29
World English Bible
29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,
since he dwells securely by you.
Proverbs 3:29
New Living Translation
29 Don’t plot harm against your neighbor,
for those who live nearby trust you.
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
New Living Translation
Lessons for Daily Life
6 My child,[a] if you have put up security for a friend’s debt
or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—
Footnotes
- 6:1 Hebrew My son.
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
New Living Translation
3 follow my advice and save yourself,
for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
go and beg to have your name erased.
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
New Living Translation
29 Violent people mislead their companions,
leading them down a harmful path.
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
New Living Translation
10 Evil people desire evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.
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
New Living Translation
17 Don’t visit your neighbors too often,
or you will wear out your welcome.
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
New Living Translation
10 Never abandon a friend—
either yours or your father’s.
When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.
It’s better to go to a neighbor than to 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
New Living Translation
14 A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
will be taken as a curse!
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