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Source language

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
noli fieri pro amico inimicus proximo inproperium enim et contumeliam malus hereditabit et omnis peccator invidus et bilinguis

King James Variants

Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
For a bad name will result in shame and reproach, as is the case of the double-tongued sinner.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and do not become an enemy instead of a friend; for a bad name incurs shame and reproach; so it is with the double-tongued sinner.
Good News Translation®   
and do not be an enemy when you should be a friend. A bad reputation brings you the disgrace that lying sinners deserve.
Wycliffe Bible   
Do not thou for a friend (or instead of a friend) be made (an) enemy to thy neighbour; for why an evil man shall inherit upbraiding and despising, and each sinner envious and double-tongued. [Do thou not be made for a friend (an) enemy to thy neighbour; reproof forsooth and strife the evil man shall heritage, and each sinner envious and twisel-tongued.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
for a bad name incurs shame and reproach: so fares the double-tongued sinner.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
and do not become an enemy instead of a friend, for a bad name incurs shame and reproach; so it is with the double-tongued sinner.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
and do not become an enemy instead of a friend; for a bad name incurs shame and reproach; so it is with the double-tongued sinner.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend. If you get a bad name, you will also inherit shame and reproach, as is the case with the deceitful sinner.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Do not be a foe instead of a friend. A bad name, disgrace, and dishonor you will inherit. Thus the wicked, the double-tongued!
Revised Standard Version   
and do not become an enemy instead of a friend; for a bad name incurs shame and reproach: so fares the double-tongued sinner.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
and do not become an enemy instead of a friend; for a bad name incurs shame and reproach; so it is with the double-tongued sinner.