Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house— too much of you, and they will hate you. New Living Translation Don’t visit your neighbors too often, or you will wear out your welcome. English Standard Version Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you. Berean Standard Bible Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you. King James Bible Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. New King James Version Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, Lest he become weary of you and hate you. New American Standard Bible Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house, Or he will become weary of you and hate you. NASB 1995 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house, Or he will become weary of you and hate you. NASB 1977 Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house, Lest he become weary of you and hate you. Legacy Standard Bible Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house, Lest he have more than his fill of you and hate you. Amplified Bible Let your foot seldom be in your neighbor’s house, Or he will become tired of you and hate you. Christian Standard Bible Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house; otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house; otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you. American Standard Version Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Let not your foot frequent the house of your friend, lest he be weary of you and hate you. Brenton Septuagint Translation Enter sparingly into thy friend's house, lest he be satiated with thy company, and hate thee. Contemporary English Version Don't visit friends too often, or they will get tired of it and start hating you. Douay-Rheims Bible Withdraw thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, lest having his fill he hate thee. English Revised Version Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation Do not set foot in your neighbor's house too often. Otherwise, he will see too much of you and hate you. Good News Translation Don't visit your neighbors too often; they may get tired of you and come to hate you. International Standard Version Seldom set foot in your neighbor's home; otherwise, he'll grow weary and hate you. JPS Tanakh 1917 Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; Lest he be sated with thee, and hate thee. Literal Standard Version Withdraw your foot from your neighbor’s house, | Lest he is satiated [with] you, and has hated you. Majority Standard Bible Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you. New American Bible Let your foot be seldom in your neighbors’ house, lest they have their fill of you—and hate you. NET Bible Don't set foot too frequently in your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and hate you. New Revised Standard Version Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, otherwise the neighbor will become weary of you and hate you. New Heart English Bible Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you. Webster's Bible Translation Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. World English Bible Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you. Young's Literal Translation Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated with thee, and have hated thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context More Proverbs of Solomon…16If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. 17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you. 18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.… Cross References Proverbs 25:16 If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. Proverbs 25:18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. Treasury of Scripture Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you. Genesis 19:2,3 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night… Judges 19:18-21 And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house… weary Romans 15:24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company. Jump to Previous Feeling Foot Frequently Hate Hated House Neighbor's Neighbour's Rarely Sated Satiated Seldom Tired Turned Weary WithdrawJump to Next Feeling Foot Frequently Hate Hated House Neighbor's Neighbour's Rarely Sated Satiated Seldom Tired Turned Weary WithdrawProverbs 25 1. observations about kings8. and about avoiding causes of quarrels Verse 17. - Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; literally, make thy foot precious, rare; Septuagint, "Bring thy foot sparingly (σπάνιον) into thy friend's house," The proverb seems to be loosely connected with the preceding, as urging moderation. Do not pay too frequent visits to your neighbors' house, or make yourself too much at home there. The Son of Sirach has an utterance on a somewhat similar subject, "Give place, thou stranger, to an honourable man; my brother cometh to be lodged, and I have need of mine house. Those things are grievous to a man of understanding; the upbraiding of house room, and reproaching of the lender" (Ecclus. 29:27, etc.). Lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. Such a result might easily arise from too constant intercourse. Cornelius a Lapide quotes from Seneca ('De Benefic,' 1:15), "Rarum esse oportet quod diu carum velis," "That should be rare which you would enduringly bear." And Martial's cynical advice - "Nulli te facias nimis sodalem; "Rara juvant; primis sic major gratia pomis, Hebrew Seldomהֹקַ֣ר (hō·qar) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3365: To be heavy, valuable, to make rare set foot רַ֭גְלְךָ (raḡ·lə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda in your neighbor’s רֵעֶ֑ךָ (rê·‘e·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow house, מִבֵּ֣ית (mib·bêṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house lest פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest he grow weary יִ֝שְׂבָּעֲךָ֗ (yiś·bā·‘ă·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited and hate you. וּשְׂנֵאֶֽךָ׃ (ū·śə·nê·’e·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 8130: To hate Links Proverbs 25:17 NIVProverbs 25:17 NLT Proverbs 25:17 ESV Proverbs 25:17 NASB Proverbs 25:17 KJV Proverbs 25:17 BibleApps.com Proverbs 25:17 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 25:17 Chinese Bible Proverbs 25:17 French Bible Proverbs 25:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 25:17 Let your foot be seldom in your (Prov. 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