Devise not evil against thy neighbour, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Do not contrive or dig up or cultivate evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly and confidently beside you.
Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Don’t plan to harm your neighbor who trusts and lives near you.
Do not undertake evil against your friend, even though he has trust in you.
Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.
For they speak not peace: But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; He soweth discord.
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, Feet that be swift in running to mischief;
and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.