29 (A)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.

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29 Do not plan to harm your neighbor,
    when he is living peacefully[a] beside you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:29 Or securely

Parental Counsel

My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,

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The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor,
if you have agreed to a deal[a] with a stranger,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm

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!

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  1. Proverbs 6:3 Lit. into the hands of your neighbor

29 A person of violence (A)entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.

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29 A violent man entices his companion
    and leads him on a path that is not good.

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10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
His (A)neighbor is shown no compassion in his eyes.

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10 The soul of the wicked craves evil;
    he extends no mercy to his neighbor.

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17 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Or he will become [a]weary of you and hate you.

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  1. Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s home;
    otherwise, he’ll grow weary and hate you.

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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.

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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.

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14 (A)One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be considered a curse to him.

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14 A friend’s loud blessing early in the morning
    will be thought of as a curse.

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