Proverbs 25:17 (BSB)

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

From Proverbs 25. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 25:17

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 25:17: Here he mentions another pleasure which we must not take too much of, that of visiting our friends, the former for fear of surfeiting ourselves, this for fear of surfeiting our neighbour. 1. It is a piece of civility to visit our neighbours sometimes, to show our respect to them and concern for them, and to cultivate and improve mutual acquaintance and love, and that...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 25:17: Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house,.... Not but that it is commendable to be neighbourly and friendly, or for one neighbour to visit another; but then it should not be very frequent; a man should not be always or often at his neighbour's house.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 25:17: Pro 25:17 This proverb is of a kindred character to the foregoing. “If thy comrade eats honey,” says an Arabic proverb quoted by Hitzig, “do not lick it all up.” But the emblem of honey is not continued in this verse: Make rare thy foot in thy neighbour’s house, Lest he be satiated with thee, and hate thee.