Cross References

Proverbs 3:29

New English Translation

Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

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For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting.

He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them.

For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.

Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.

he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow human being.’

Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath – these are all things that I hate,’ says the Lord.”