Proverbs 25:17

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

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WEBBE

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbour’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

BSB

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

KJV

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

ASV

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

BBE

Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

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הֹקַר ho·kar make rare H3365 רַגְלְךָ rag·le·kha foot your H7272 מִבֵּית mi·beit from [the] house of H1004 רֵעֶךָ re·'e·kha neighbor your H7453 פֶּן־ pen- lest H6435 יִשְׂבָּעֲךָ yis·ba·'a·kha he should be surfeited with you H7646 וּשְׂנֵאֶךָ u·se·ne·'e·kha and he will hate you H8130

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 17

We cannot be upon good terms with our neighbours, without discretion as well as sincerity. How much better a Friend is God than any other friend! The oftener we come to him, the more welcome.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.