Proverbs 3:29
New American Standard Bible
29 (A)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.
Proverbs 3:29
Common English Bible
29 Don’t plan to harm your neighbor
who trusts and lives near you.
Proverbs 6:1
New American Standard Bible
Parental Counsel
6 My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,
Proverbs 6:1
Common English Bible
Wise advice
6 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor
or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,
Proverbs 6:3
New American Standard Bible
3 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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm
Proverbs 6:3
Common English Bible
3 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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 16:29
New American Standard Bible
29 A person of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
Common English Bible
29 Violent people entice their neighbors
and walk them down a path that isn’t good.
Proverbs 21:10
New American Standard Bible
10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His (A)neighbor is shown no compassion in his eyes.
Proverbs 21:10
Common English Bible
10 Wicked people desire evil;
their neighbors receive no mercy from them.
Proverbs 25:17
New American Standard Bible
17 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Or he will become [a]weary of you and hate you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with
Proverbs 25:17
Common English Bible
17 Don’t spend too much time in your neighbor’s house.
Otherwise, they’ll get fed up with you and hate you.
Proverbs 27:10
New American Standard Bible
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.
Proverbs 27:10
Common English Bible
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.
Proverbs 27:14
New American Standard Bible
14 (A)One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:14
Common English Bible
14 Greeting a neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning
will be viewed as a curse.
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