Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,
for he trusts you and lives near you.

Don’t accuse anyone without cause,
when he has done you no harm.

Don’t envy a violent man
or choose any of his ways;

for I am giving you good instruction.
Don’t abandon my teaching.

Get wisdom, get understanding;
don’t forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

Don’t abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you;
love her, and she will guard you.

Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.
Guard it, for it is your life.

Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.

Don’t lose sight of them;
keep them within your heart.

Don’t turn to the right or to the left;
keep your feet away from evil.

So now, my sons, listen to me,
and don’t turn away from the words of my mouth.

Keep your way far from her.
Don’t go near the door of her house.

Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.

My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

People don’t despise the thief if he steals
to satisfy himself when he is hungry.

Listen to instruction and be wise;
don’t ignore it.

Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

Don’t you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

Look, God and His priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound the charge against you. Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”

But as for you, be strong; don’t be discouraged, for your work has a reward.”

Accept anyone who is weak in faith, but don’t argue about doubtful issues.

I did, in fact, baptize the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t know if I baptized anyone else.

If you wonder: ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we don’t sow or gather our produce?’

Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t be intent on killing him.

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.

Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil!”
Wait on the Lord, and He will rescue you.

He is filled with craving all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,
who put up security for loans.

Don’t move an ancient boundary marker
that your fathers set up.

don’t desire his choice food,
for that food is deceptive.

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;
stop giving your attention to it.

Don’t speak to a fool,
for he will despise the insight of your words.

Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners;
instead, always fear the Lord.

Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine
or with those who gorge themselves on meat.

Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,
when it gleams in the cup
and goes down smoothly.

Don’t envy evil men
or desire to be with them,

My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king,
and don’t associate with rebels,

Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness
or you’ll be like him yourself.

When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him,
for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Then Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds, those in charge of the army, saying, “Take her out between the ranks, and put anyone who follows her to death by the sword,” for the priest had said, “Don’t put her to death in the Lord’s temple.”

My sons, don’t be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in His presence, to serve Him, and to be His ministers and burners of incense.”

But he replied to him, “I don’t want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives.”

“Please don’t leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

Don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you look down on the church of God and embarrass those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you for this!

If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now. If You are pleased with me, don’t let me see my misery anymore.”

If the foot should say, “Because I’m not a hand, I don’t belong to the body,” in spite of this it still belongs to the body.

And if the ear should say, “Because I’m not an eye, I don’t belong to the body,” in spite of this it still belongs to the body.

and said to Moses, “My lord, please don’t hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

Please don’t let her be like a dead baby whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

Even inanimate things that produce sounds—whether flute or harp—if they don’t make a distinction in the notes, how will what is played on the flute or harp be recognized?

Brothers, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.

Don’t go, because the Lord is not among you and you will be defeated by your enemies.

I don’t want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows.

Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s sanctuary and that the Spirit of God lives in you?

It is of little importance to me that I should be evaluated by you or by any human court. In fact, I don’t even evaluate myself.

Therefore don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast permeates the whole batch of dough?

Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.

Don’t we have the right to eat and drink?

Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?

If others have this right to receive benefits from you, don’t we even more?

However, we have not made use of this right; instead we endure everything so that we will not hinder the gospel of Christ.

Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.

Don’t add to His words,
or He will rebuke you, and you will be proved a liar.

Two things I ask of You;
don’t deny them to me before I die:

Don’t slander a servant to his master
or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.

Don’t spend your energy on women
or your efforts on those who destroy kings.

When you make a vow to God, don’t delay fulfilling it, because He does not delight in fools. Fulfill what you vow.

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

Don’t let your spirit rush to be angry,
for anger abides in the heart of fools.

Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?”
since it is not wise of you to ask this.

Don’t pay attention to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you,

Do not be in a hurry; leave his presence, and don’t persist in a bad cause, since he will do whatever he wants.

Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God’s hands.People don’t know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.

If the ruler’s anger rises against you, don’t leave your place,
for calmness puts great offenses to rest.

The struggles of fools weary them,
for they don’t know how to go to the city.

Give a portion to seven or even to eight,
for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.

In the morning sow your seed,
and at evening do not let your hand rest,
because you don’t know which will succeed,
whether one or the other,
or if both of them will be equally good.

Don’t be like your fathers and your brothers who were unfaithful to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors so that He made them an object of horror as you yourselves see.

Don’t become obstinate now like your fathers did. Give your allegiance to Yahweh, and come to His sanctuary that He has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that He may turn His burning anger away from you,

“Be strong and courageous! Don’t be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria or before the large army that is with him, for there are more with us than with him.

“‘Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have any of the national gods of the lands been able to deliver their land from my power?

But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, king of Judah? I have not come against you today but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God who is with me; don’t make Him destroy you!”

I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven 14 years ago. Whether he was in the body or out of the body, I don’t know, God knows.

I would like to be with you right now and change my tone of voice, because I don’t know what to do about you.

Tell me, those of you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law?

Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.

For you were called to be free, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,

So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.

For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves; however, they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

For we don’t want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that took place in Asia: we were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength—so that we even despaired of life.