Proverbs 3:29
Do not undertake evil against your friend, even though he has trust in you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
In Context
30Do not contend against a man without cause, even though he has done no evil to you.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:14With a depraved heart he devises evil, and at all times he sows conflict.
Proverbs 14:22They wander astray who work evil. But mercy and truth prepare good things.
Jeremiah 18:18And they said: “Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah. For the law will not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a sermon from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.”
Zechariah 7:10And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his 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 →