Revised Webster's Bible
Proverbs 24:28
28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not 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
26Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. 27Prepare thy work outside, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not 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 the slothful, and by the vineyard of the 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 will utter lies.
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
- Proverbs 21:28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
- Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thy hand with 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 letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
- Job 2:3And the LORD 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 turneth away from evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move me against him, to destroy him without cause.
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death;
- Matthew 27:23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
- John 15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
- Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
- Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and immoral persons, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Revelation 22:15For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and immoral persons, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loveth and maketh 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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