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Proverbs 25:17
Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house, least he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
Proverbs 25:17 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 25:17 in other translations
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
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In context
14 A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
15 A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.
16 If thou haue found hony, eate that is sufficient for thee, least thou be ouerfull, and vomit it.
17 Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house, least he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.
19 Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.
20 Hee that taketh away the garment in the colde season, is like vineger powred vpon nitre, or like him that singeth songs to an heauy heart.
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