Solomon
Proverbs 3:29WEB·traditional attribution
Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran
The verb means to plough, and ploughing evil against your neighbor carries the full force of the metaphor: you turn up your heart to fabricate harm against one who dwells beside you in trust. This is the work of enmity masquerading as neighborliness.
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John Gill Reformed Baptist
Do not plough evil in your thoughts against your neighbor, contriving schemes to injure his name, goods, or family. To plot against one who trusts you and has placed himself and his secrets under your protection is doubly sinful; the confidence he reposes in you makes the betrayal far worse.
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed
Do not abuse confidence and avoid litigation.