Proverbs 3:29
Don't plan to harm your neighbor who lives nearby and trusts you.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
In Context
30Don't quarrel with anybody for no reason, when they haven't done anything to hurt you.
Cross References
Psalms 55:20As for my best friend, he attacked his friends who had no quarrel with him; he broke the promises he had made to them.
Proverbs 6:14Their warped minds plot evil schemes; they're always causing trouble.
Proverbs 14:22Aren't people who plan to do evil wrong? But those who plan to do good have trustworthy love and faithfulness.
Jeremiah 18:18Some people decided, “We need a plan to deal with Jeremiah. There'll still be priests to explain the law, there'll still be wise people to give advice, and there'll still be prophets to give prophecies. Let's organize a smear campaign against him so we don't have to listen to a word he says.”
Zechariah 7:10Don't exploit those who are widowed or fatherless, foreigners or the poor. Don't think up ways of mistreating one other.
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 →