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Proverbs 24:28
28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
Proverbs 24:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, For would you deceive with your lips?
Context of Proverbs 24:28
26He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer. 27Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips? 29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work. 30I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:28 word by word
אַל־תְּהִ֣י עֵד־חִנָּ֣ם בְּרֵעֶ֑ךָ וַ֝הֲפִתִּ֗יתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:28
- Proverbs 14:5A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
- Proverbs 21:28A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly.
- Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.
- 1 Samuel 22:9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Kings 21:9And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
- Job 2:3And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.
- Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.
- Matthew 26:59And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
- Matthew 27:23And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.
- John 15:25But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause.
- Ephesians 4:25Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
- Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds,
- Revelation 21:8But to the fearful and unbelieving, [and sinners], and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [is] in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
- Revelation 22:15Without [are] the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28Be not a witness - Do not be forward to offer thyself to bear testimony against a neighbor, in a matter which may prejudice him, where the essential claims of justice do not require such interference; and especially do not do this in a spirit of revenge, because he has injured thee before.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Deceive not with thy lips - Better, wilt thou deceive with thy lips?Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-29Verses 28-29 There are three defaults in a witness pointed out.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-29Saying 4: Do not twist the truth, even for revenge (see Proverbs 6:19; 12:17; 14:25; 19:28; 24:23–24; 25:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. Do not speak even truth needlessly against any, and never falsehood.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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