Proverbs 25:17–18
Proverbs 25:17–18 — The New International Version (NIV)
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
too much of you, and they will hate you.
18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow
is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house;
Lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour
Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — New Living Translation (NLT)
17 Don’t visit your neighbors too often,
or you will wear out your welcome.
18 Telling lies about others
is as harmful as hitting them with an ax,
wounding them with a sword,
or shooting them with a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house,
Lest he become weary of you and hate you.
18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor
Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — New Century Version (NCV)
17 Don’t go to your neighbor’s house too often;
too much of you will make him hate you.
18 When you lie about your neighbors,
it hurts them as much as a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — American Standard Version (ASV)
17 Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house,
Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor
Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
17 Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
17 Do not set foot in your neighbor’s house too often.
Otherwise, he will see too much of you and hate you.
18 ⸤Like⸥ a club and a sword and a sharp arrow,
⸤so⸥ is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.
18 A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
otherwise the neighbor will become weary of you and hate you.
18 Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow
is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
17 Make your foot scarce in the house of your neighbor,
lest he become weary of you and hate you.
18 Like a club and sword and a sharp arrow
is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
17 Don’t go to your neighbor’s home very often.
If he sees too much of you, he will hate you.
18 A man who gives false witness against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword or a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:17–18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
17 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house,
Or he will become weary of you and hate you.
18 Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.