Proverbs 3:29

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.

KJV

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.Devise…: or, Practise no evil

WEB

Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

ASV

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

LSV

Do not devise evil against your neighbor, || And he sitting confidently with you.

YLT

Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

DBY

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

DRC

Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.

GNV

Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.

JPS

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

LXXE

Devise not evil against thy friend, living near thee and trusting in thee.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אַל־תַּחֲרֹ֣שׁ עַל־רֵעֲךָ֣ רָעָ֑ה וְהֽוּא־יוֹשֵׁ֖ב לָבֶ֣טַח אִתָּֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ τεκτῄνῃ ἐπὶ σὸν φίλον κακὰ παροικοῦντα καὶ πεποιθότα ἐπὶ σοί.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
• Psalms 55:20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
• Psalms 35:20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
• Micah 2:1–2Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of…
• Proverbs 16:29–30A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good. He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
• Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
• Proverbs 6:18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
• Jeremiah 18:18–20Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his…
• Proverbs 14:22Do not those who contrive evil go astray? But those who plan goodness find loving devotion and faithfulness.

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