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Proverbs 3:28-29 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 3 · verses 28–29 · King James Version
28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.Proverbs 3:28-29 · King James Version
Proverbs 3:28-29 in context
26For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
28Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
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Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- dwellethyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- morrowmâchârproperly, deferredH4279 →
- Devisechârashto scratchH2790 →
- givenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- Sayʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Goyâlakto walkH3212 →
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True wisdom consists in the due discharge of our duty towards man, as well as towards God, in honesty as well as piety, and therefore we have here divers excellent precepts of wisdom which relate to our neighbour. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-35