17Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.


In Context

14 As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

15 By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

16 Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

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

18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

19 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

Proverbs 25:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:17Seldom set foot in your neighbor's house- too much of you, and he will hate you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:17Withdraw thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, lest having his fill he hate thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

25:17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated with thee, and have hated thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you.