Proverbs 3:29

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 3:29 in other translations

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Proverbs 3:29 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 3:29 in context

  1. 27Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
  2. 28Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again;
    tomorrow I will give it to you,”
    when you have it by you.
  3. 29Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,
    since he dwells securely by you.
  4. 30Don’t strive with a man without cause,
    if he has done you no harm.
  5. 31Don’t envy the man of violence.
    Choose none of his ways.