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Devise not against thy neighbour an injury, seeing that, he, dwelleth securely by thee.

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, - have struck for a stranger thy hands,

Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

A ruthless man, enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in a way, not good.

The soul of the lawless man, craveth mischief, his own friend, findeth no favour in his eyes.

Withhold thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, - lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

Thine own friend and thy father's friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.

He that blesseth his friend, with a loud voice, in the morning early, a reproach, shall it be reckoned to him.