Proverbs 3:29
Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ne moliaris amico tuo malum, cum ille in te habeat fiduciam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μὴ τεκτήνῃ ἐπὶ σὸν φίλον κακά, παροικοῦντα καὶ πεποιθότα ἐπὶ σοί.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אַל תַּחֲרֹ֣שׁ עַל רֵעֲךָ֣ רָעָ֑ה וְהֽוּא יוֹשֵׁ֖ב לָבֶ֣טַח אִתָּֽךְ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine A Treatise on Grace and Free Will, The Divine Commands Which are Most Suited to the Will Itself Illustrate Its Freedom
What is the import of the fact that in so many passages God requires all His commandments to be kept and fulfilled? How does He make this requisition, if there is no free will? What means “the happy man,” of whom the Psalmist says that “his will has been the law of the Lord”? Does he not clearly enough show that a man by his own will takes his stand in the law of God? Then again, there are so many commandments which in some way are expressly adapted to the human will; for instance, there is, “Be not overcome of evil,” and others of similar import, such as, “Be not like a horse or a mule, which have no understanding;” and, “Reject not the counsels of thy mother;” and, “Be not wise in thine own conceit;” and, “Despise not the chastening of the Lord;” and, “Forget not my law;” and, “Forbear not to do good to the poor;” and, “Devise not evil against thy friend;” and, “Give no heed to a worth …