17Seldom 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
Seldomהֹקַ֣רH3365Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularset footרַ֭גְלְךָH7272Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularin your neighbor’sרֵעֶ֑ךָH7453Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularhouseמִבֵּ֣יתH1004Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructlestפֶּן־H6435Conjunctionhe grow wearyיִ֝שְׂבָּעֲךָ֗H7646Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singularand hate youוּשְׂנֵאֶֽךָ׃H8130Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular