Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Withdraw (Hebrew, Make rare) thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee. Do not make thyself too common, for things, common are thought less of than things 'rare.' Do not come at an unseasonable time, or to pry into his family concerns, or to ask his help too often. Not intimacy, but intrusiveness, is to be shunned. 'How much better is God's friendship than man's. We are the more welcome to God the oftener we come to Him' (Cartwright).