Proverbs 25:17
Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 19:2-3 : 2 and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night." 3 He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
- Judg 19:18-21 : 18 He said to him, We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from there am I, and I went to Bethlehem Judah: and I am [now] going to the house of Yahweh; and there is no man who takes me into his house. 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything. 20 The old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only don't lodge in the street. 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
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9 Debate your case with your neighbor, And don't betray the confidence of another;
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16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, Lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
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29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you.
30 Don't strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.
31 Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
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15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,
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25 Lest you learn his ways, And ensnare your soul.
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8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
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- Lev 19:16-183 verses73%
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17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
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15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
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20 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.
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17 Seeing you hate instruction, And throw my words behind you?
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5 A man who flatters his neighbor, Spreads a net for his feet.
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17 Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you.
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3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, Seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
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17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, And a crafty man is hated.
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8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.
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6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, And don't crave his delicacies:
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20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, But the rich person has many friends.