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28 If your neighbor needs something you have, don’t say, “Come back tomorrow.” Give it to him immediately.

29 Don’t make plans to harm your neighbor, who lives near you and trusts you.[a]

30 Don’t take people to court without good reason, especially when they have done nothing to harm you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:29 neighbor … trusts you Or “neighbor. After all, you live near one another for protection.”

28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
    when you already have it with you.(A)
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
    who lives trustfully near you.(B)
30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
    when they have done you no harm.

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