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29 Do not plan harm against your neighbor
    who lives trustingly beside you.(A)

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29 Don’t plot harm against your neighbor,
    for those who live nearby trust you.

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Practical Admonitions

My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor,
    if you have bound yourself to another,[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.1 Or a stranger

Lessons for Daily Life

My child,[a] if you have put up security for a friend’s debt
    or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

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  1. 6:1 Hebrew My son.

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.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.3 Or humble yourself

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.

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29 The violent entice their neighbors
    and lead them in a way that is not good.(A)

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29 Violent people mislead their companions,
    leading them down a harmful path.

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10 The souls of the wicked desire evil;
    their neighbors find no mercy in their eyes.(A)

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10 Evil people desire evil;
    their neighbors get no mercy from them.

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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.

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17 Don’t visit your neighbors too often,
    or you will wear out your welcome.

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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)

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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.

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14 Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.

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14 A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
    will be taken as a curse!

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