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29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,
    since he dwells securely by you.

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

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My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
    if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

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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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Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
    since you have come into the hand of your neighbor.
Go, humble yourself.
    Press your plea with your neighbor.

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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

29 A man of violence entices his neighbor,
    and leads him in a way that is not good.

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

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10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;
    his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

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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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17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
    lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:17 Lit surfeited with

10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
    Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
    A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

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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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14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
    it will be taken as a curse by him.

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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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