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17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbors’ house,
    lest they have their fill of you—and hate you.
18 A club, sword, or sharp arrow—
    the one who bears false witness against a neighbor.(A)
19 A bad tooth or an unsteady foot—
    a trust betrayed in time of trouble.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 25:19 “A time of trouble” defeats all plans (cf. 10:2; 11:4). At such times human resources alone are like a tooth that falls out as one bites or a foot that goes suddenly lame.

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
    too much of you, and they will hate you.

18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow
    is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.(A)
19 Like a broken tooth or a lame foot
    is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.

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