Proverbs 3:29
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29 Do not plan harm against your neighbor
who lives trustingly beside you.(A)
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
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Practical Admonitions
6 My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor,
if you have bound yourself to another,[a](A)
Footnotes
- 6.1 Or 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
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3 So do this, my child, and save yourself,
for you have come into your neighbor’s power:
go, hurry,[a] and plead with your neighbor.
Footnotes
- 6.3 Or humble yourself
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
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29 The violent entice their neighbors
and lead them in a way that is not good.(A)
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
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10 The souls of the wicked desire evil;
their neighbors find no mercy in their eyes.(A)
Proverbs 21:10
International Standard Version
10 The soul of the wicked craves evil;
he extends no mercy to his neighbor.
Proverbs 25:17
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17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
lest the neighbor become 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
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10 Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent;
do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is nearby
than kindred who are far away.(A)
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
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14 Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
will be counted as cursing.
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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