Proverbs 3:29
Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
In Context
28Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
30Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
Cross References
Psalms 55:20He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
Proverbs 14:22Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
Jeremiah 18:18And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.
Zechariah 7:10And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise 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 →