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

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29 Don’t plan to harm your neighbor
    who trusts and lives near you.

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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

Wise advice

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor
    or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,

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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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Do this, my son, to get out of it,
    for you have come under the control of your neighbor.
    So go, humble yourself,[a] and pester your neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:3 Heb uncertain

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

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29 Violent people entice their neighbors
    and walk them down a path that isn’t good.

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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

10 Wicked people desire evil;
    their neighbors receive no mercy from them.

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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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17 Don’t spend too much time in your neighbor’s house.
    Otherwise, they’ll get fed up with you and hate you.

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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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10 Don’t desert your friend or a friend of your family;
    don’t go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes.
    Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

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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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14 Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning
    will be viewed as a curse.

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