Proverbs 3:29
27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
- KJV
- Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
- WEB
- Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
- ASV
- Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
- DARBY
- Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
- BLB
- Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he is dwelling in trust with you.
- ÅB
- Legg ikke opp onde råd mot din neste, når han kjenner seg trygg hos deg!
- OTB
- Legg ikke onde planer mot din nabo, som bor trygt ved siden av deg.
- B1930
- Legg ikke op onde råd mot din næste, når han kjenner sig trygg hos dig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 6:14
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
Read in contextPsalms 55:20
My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
Read in contextMicah 2:1–2
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Read in contextProverbs 16:29–30
A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Read in contextPsalms 59:3
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 35:20
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:18–20
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
Read in contextProverbs 6:18
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
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