29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
29 Do not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.
29 Don't figure ways of taking advantage of your neighbor when he's sitting there trusting and unsuspecting.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, For he dwells by you for safety's sake.
29 Don't plot harm against your neighbor, for those who live nearby trust you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 3:29
Commentary on Proverbs 3:27-35
(Read Proverbs 3:27-35)
Our business is to observe the precepts of Christ, and to copy his example; to do justice, to love mercy, and to beware of covetousness; to be ready for every good work, avoiding needless strife, and bearing evils, if possible, rather than seeking redress by law. It will be found there is little got by striving. Let us not envy prosperous oppressors; far be it from the disciples of Christ to choose any of their ways. These truths may be despised by the covetous and luxurious, but everlasting contempt will be the portion of such scorners, while Divine favour is shown to the humble believer.