Proverbs 3:29
Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
In Context
30Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.
Cross References
Psalms 55:20\55:19\God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
Proverbs 6:14His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
Proverbs 14:22Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
Zechariah 7:10Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →