Proverbs 3:29
Devise not evil against your neighbour, seeing he dwells securely by you.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
In Context
28Say not unto your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you.
30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done you no harm.
Cross References
Psalms 55:20He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he has broken his covenant.
Proverbs 6:14Perverseness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
Proverbs 14:22Do they not go astray that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Jeremiah 18:18Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Zechariah 7:10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother 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 →