King James Version
Proverbs 3:29 in the King James Version says “Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. Devise: or, Practise no evil” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. Devise: or, Practise no evil”
Proverbs 3:29 · KJV
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. them: Heb. the owners thereof
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. Devise: or, Practise no evil
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Envy thou not the oppressor , and choose none of his ways. the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“Devise”
H2790to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“seeing he dwelleth”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“securely”
H983properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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