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Proverbs 3:29
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Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,for he trusts you and lives near you.
Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.
Don't make plans to hurt your neighbor who lives nearby and trusts you.
Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, Who lives securely beside you.
Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.
Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you.
Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.
Do not devise harm against your neighbor,While he lives securely beside you.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
Don't try to be mean to neighbors who trust you.
Don't plan harm against your neighbor who lives beside you trustingly.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Don't make plans to harm your neighbor, who lives near you and trusts you.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells in peace beside you.
Don't plan anything that will hurt your neighbors; they live beside you, trusting you.
Do not plot harm against your neighbor who dwells in confidence beside you.
Do not plan evil against your neighbor, since he lives securely by you.
where as thou hast now to geue him. Intende no hurte vnto thy neghboure, seynge he hopeth to dwell in rest by the.
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Deuise not euil against thy neighbour, seeing hee dwelleth securely by thee.
Intende no hurt against thy neyghbour, seing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.
Devise not evil against thy friend, living near thee and trusting in thee.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Ymagyne thou not yuel to thi freend, whanne he hath trist in thee.
Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you.
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, For he dwells by you for safety's sake.
Don't plot harm against your neighbor, for those who live nearby trust you.
Do not plan for your neighbor to be hurt, while he trusts you enough to live beside you.
Do not plan harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.
Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.
Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.
Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Devise not evil: or, Practise no evil, Proverbs 6:14, Proverbs 6:18, Proverbs 16:29, Proverbs 16:30, Psalms 35:20, Psalms 55:20, Psalms 59:3, Jeremiah 18:18-20, Micah 2:1, Micah 2:2
Reciprocal: Proverbs 21:10 - soul Ezekiel 38:11 - safely Zechariah 7:10 - imagine Zechariah 8:17 - let
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Devise not evil against thy neighbour,.... Or, "plough not evil" i; turn not up thy heart to find evil against thy neighbour, as the earth is turned up by the plough; see Hosea 10:13. Do not contrive and form schemes in thy mind and thoughts to do him any injury, in his name and character, in his person, property, or family: a good man should devise all the good he can to his fellow creatures, but not evil to any; especially to his neighbour, and as described in the next clause;
seeing he dwelleth securely by thee; having a good opinion of thee, and not suspecting any ill design against him, thinks himself, goods, and family, in safety; and is under no concern to provide for his security, placing his confidence in thee, and perhaps to such a degree as to entrust with his secrets. Now to project evil against such a man is exceeding base; it is doubly sinful; this is an aggravation of the iniquity.
i תתרש "ne ares", Amama.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims.
From them to whom it is due - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought that the so-called possession of wealth is but a stewardship; that the true owners of what we call our own are those to whom, with it, we may do good. Not to relieve them is a breach of trust.
Proverbs 3:28
Procrastination is especially fatal to the giving impulse. The Septuagint adds the caution: âfor thou knowest not what the morrow will bring forth.â
Proverbs 3:29
Securely - i. e., âWith full trust,â without care or suspicion. Compare Judges 18:7, Judges 18:27.
Proverbs 3:31
A protest against the tendency to worship success, to think the lot of the âman of violenceâ enviable, and therefore to be chosen.
Proverbs 3:32
The true nature of such success. That which people admire is an abomination to Yahweh. His âsecret,â i. e., His close, intimate communion as of âfriend with friend,â is with the righteous.
Proverbs 3:33
The thought, like that which appears in Zechariah 5:3-4, and pervades the tragedies of Greek drama, is of a curse, an Ate, dwelling in a house from generation to generation, the source of ever-recurring woes. There is, possibly, a contrast between the âhouseâ or âpalaceâ of the rich oppressor and the lowly shepherdâs hut, the âsheep-coteâ 2 Samuel 7:8 ennobled only by its upright inhabitants.
Proverbs 3:34
Surely - Better, If he scorneth the scorners, i. e., Divine scorn of evil is the complement, and, as it were, the condition, of divine bounty to the lowly (compare the marginal reference and the Proverbs 1:26 note).
Proverbs 3:35
The margin conveys the thought that âfoolsâ glory in that which is indeed their shame. Others take the clause as meaning âevery fool takes up shame,â i. e., gains nothing but that.
