Proverbs 3:29 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁹ Do not plan evil against your neighbour, Seeing he dwells safely beside you.

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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.

Proverbs 3:29 Cross References

Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace, But they devise words of deceit Against the peaceable ones of the land.

Psalm 55:20

He has put forth his hands against those Who were at peace with him; He has broken his covenant.

Psalm 59:3

For look, they have lain in wait for my life; Mighty men assemble against me, For no transgression or sin of mine, O יהוה,

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who plan evil go astray? But kindness and truth are to those who plan good.

Proverbs 6:14

Perverseness is in his heart, Plotting evil at all times, He sends out strife.

Proverbs 6:18

A heart devising wicked schemes, Feet quick to run to evil,

Zechariah 7:10

“Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

Zechariah 8:17

‘And do not plot evil in your heart against another, and do not love a false oath. For all these I hate,’ declares יהוה.”