Proverbs 3:29
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, || And he sitting confidently with you.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
In Context
30Do not strive with a man without cause, || If he has not done you evil.
Cross References
Psalms 55:20He has sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, || He has defiled his covenant.
Proverbs 6:14Contrariness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, || He sends forth contentions.
Proverbs 14:22Do they who are devising evil not err? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
Jeremiah 18:18And they say, “Come, || And we devise schemes against Jeremiah, || For law does not perish from the priest, || Nor counsel from the wise, || Nor the word from the prophet, || Come, and we strike him with the tongue, || And we do not attend to any of his words.”
Zechariah 7:10And do not oppress widow, and fatherless, || Sojourner, and poor, || And you do not devise the calamity of one another in your heart.
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 →