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Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

My son, if you have become a guarantor for your neighbor, Or have given a handshake for a stranger,

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Then do this, my son, and save yourself: Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

A person of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor is shown no compassion in his eyes.

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor's house, Or he will become weary of you and hate you.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

Do not abandon your friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house on the day of your disaster; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

One who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be considered a curse to him.

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