Proverbs 3:30
28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
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;
32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
- KJV
- Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
- WEB
- Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
- ASV
- Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.
- DARBY
- Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
- BLB
- Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has not dealt with you [for] evil.
- ÅB
- Trett ikke med et menneske uten årsak, når han ikke har gjort deg noe ondt!
- OTB
- Kiv ikke med noen uten grunn, hvis de ikke har gjort deg noe ondt.
- B1930
- Trett ikke med et menneske uten årsak, når han ikke har gjort dig noget ondt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 2:24
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
Read in contextProverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Read in contextRomans 12:18–21
If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
Read in contextProverbs 25:8–9
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Read in contextProverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Read in contextProverbs 17:14
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
Read in contextMatthew 5:39–41
But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
Read in context