John Gill Commentary Proverbs 25:17

"Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor`s house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee." — Proverbs 25:17 (ASV)

Withdraw your foot from your 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. So the words may be rendered, "make your foot precious" or "rare at your neighbour's house" ^F13 ; be seldom there; lest he be weary of you, and [so] hate you ;
or, "lest he be sated with you" ^F14 ; filled with your company to a loathing of it, as the stomach with eating too much honey, and so his friendship be turned into hatred.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F13: (rqx) "rarum fac", Montanus, Vatablus, Gejerus, Michaelis, Cocceius; Heb. "praetiosum fac", Piscator.
• F14: (Kebvy Np) "ne forte satictur tui", Schultens; so Montanus; "saturatus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.