Don’t set foot too frequently ¹  in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary ²  of you and hate you.

biblegateway Pro 25:17

Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor’s house, Or he will become weary of you and hate you.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor's house; otherwise, he'll get sick of you and hate you.

Do not set foot in your neighbor’s house too often. Otherwise, he will see too much of you and hate you.

biblegateway Pro 25:17

Seldom set foot in your neighbour’s house—too much of you, and he will hate you.

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.

bibleoremus Pro 25:17

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, otherwise the neighbor will become weary of you and hate you.

Be sparing in visits to your neighbour's house; if he sees too much of you, he will come to dislike you.

biblegateway Pro 25:17

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, Lest he become weary of you and hate you.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.

biblegateway Pro 25:17

Don’t set foot too frequently ¹  in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary ²  of you and hate you.

¹ tn Heb “make your foot rare.” The verb is הֹקַר (hoqar), the Hiphil imperative of יָקַר (yaqar, “to be rare; to be precious”). To “make one’s foot rare” would mean to keep the visits to a minimum as well as making them valuable – things increase in value, according to the nuances of this word, when they are rare.

² tn Heb “gets full.” This verb means “to be sated; to be satisfied; to be filled.” It is often used with reference to food, but here it refers to frequent visits that wear out one’s welcome (cf. NLT).