Proverbs 3:29

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:14 : 14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
  • Prov 14:22 : 22 Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth [shall be to] them that devise good.
  • Prov 16:29-30 : 29 A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good. 30 He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
  • Jer 18:18-20 : 18 Then 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 smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 19 Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
  • Ps 35:20 : 20 For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    30Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

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  • Prov 3:27-28
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    27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

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    28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

    29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

  • Prov 25:8-9
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    8Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

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    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

  • Prov 24:17-19
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    17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

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    3He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 24:1
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    1Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

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    17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

  • Deut 5:20
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    20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  • Exod 20:16-17
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    16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

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    7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

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  • Lev 19:16-18
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    16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

    17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

    18Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

  • Prov 16:29
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    29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.

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    10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

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    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

  • 1 Pet 3:10-11
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    10For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

    11And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

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    3Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

    14Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

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    20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Prov 1:33
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    33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

  • Deut 19:14
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    14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

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    25Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh:

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    13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.

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    10There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

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    14And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

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    21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.

  • Deut 19:11
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    11But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;

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    33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.

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    4He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

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    11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

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    17Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.