17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 25:17
Wisdom Before Kings: Hidden Matters, Fitting Words, Faithful Messengers, Enemies, Restraint, and Self-Control
The chapter moves from the historical introduction and royal wisdom, to humility and restraint before kings, to disputes and fitting speech, to faithful and unfaithful communication, to patience and neighborly limits, to mercy toward enemies, and finally to warnings about slander, quarrels, compromise, excess, and the necessity of self-control.
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Verse 17
Original words
Seldom הֹקַ֣ר H3365 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular set foot רַ֭גְלְךָ H7272 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular in your neighbor’s רֵעֶ֑ךָ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular house מִבֵּ֣ית H1004 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct lest פֶּן־ H6435 Conjunction he grow weary יִ֝שְׂבָּעֲךָ֗ H7646 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular and hate you וּשְׂנֵאֶֽךָ׃ H8130 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular