THEOSISProverbs 3:29Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.
אַל־תַּחֲרֹ֣שׁ עַל־רֵעֲךָ֣ רָעָ֑ה וְהֽוּא־יוֹשֵׁ֖ב לָבֶ֣טַח אִתָּֽךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 6:14With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.
- Mic 2:1Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.
- Mic 2:2And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
- Ps 59 (58):3
- Prov 16:29An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good.
- Prov 16:30He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth evil to pass.
- Ps 35 (34):20
- Jer 18:18And they said: Come, and let us invent devices 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 strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.