Proverbs 3:29 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁹ Do not plan evil against your neighbor who dwells trustingly beside you.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Devise not evil against thy neighbour, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Do not contrive or dig up or cultivate evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly and confidently beside you.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Common English Bible

²⁹ Don’t plan to harm your neighbor who trusts and lives near you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Do not undertake evil against your friend, even though he has trust in you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.

Proverbs 3:29 Cross References

Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they conceive words of deceit.

Psalm 55:20

My companion stretched out his hand against his friends, he violated his covenant.

Psalm 59:3

For lo, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men band themselves against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.

Proverbs 6:14

with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

Zechariah 7:10

do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.”

Zechariah 8:17

do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, says the Lord.”