Proverbs 3:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

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  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
  • Prov 6:18 : 18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
  • Prov 14:22 : 22 Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth will be to those who devise good.
  • Prov 16:29-30 : 29 A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into a way that is not good. 30 He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.
  • Jer 18:18-20 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise plans 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 attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me. 20 Shall evil be repaid for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so 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 matters against those who are quiet in the land.
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 He has put forth his hands against those at peace with him; he has broken his covenant.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, look, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    30Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

    31Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

  • Prov 3:27-28
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    27Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

    28Do not say to your neighbor, 'Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give,' when you have it with you.

  • Prov 24:28-29
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    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

    29Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

  • Prov 25:8-9
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    8Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

    9Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and do not disclose a secret to another;

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

  • Prov 24:17-19
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    17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 24:1
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    1Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • Ps 37:1
    74%

    1Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.

  • Deut 5:20
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    20Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

  • Exod 20:16-17
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    16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.

  • Ps 37:7-8
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    7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

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  • Lev 19:16-18
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    16You shall not go around as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

    17You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.

    18You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

  • Prov 16:29
    73%

    29A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into a way that is not good.

  • Ps 37:27
    72%

    27Depart from evil and do good, and live forevermore.

  • Prov 21:10
    72%

    10The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • Jer 9:4
    72%

    4Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.

  • 1 Pet 3:10-11
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    10For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

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

  • Ps 37:3
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    3Trust in the LORD and do good; so you shall dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.

  • Ps 34:13-14
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    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

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

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Prov 1:33
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    33But whoever listens to me will live safely, and will be at ease from fear of evil.

  • Deut 19:14
    71%

    14You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

  • Prov 3:25
    71%

    25Do not be afraid of sudden terror, nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes.

  • Prov 17:13
    70%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Ps 91:10
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    10No evil shall befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

  • Ps 37:32
    70%

    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Lev 25:14
    70%

    14And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:

  • Job 22:21
    70%

    21Acquaint yourself with Him now and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.

  • Deut 19:11
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    11But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities;

  • Lev 19:33
    70%

    33And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.

  • Ps 36:4
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    4He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

  • Ps 21:11
    70%

    11For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8He who devises to do evil shall be called a schemer.

  • Rom 12:17
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    17Repay no one evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.