Proverbs 24:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.”
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“Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 24:28 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- 1 Samuel 22:9But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
- 1 Kings 21:9In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
- Job 2:3Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
- Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
- Proverbs 14:5An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- Proverbs 21:28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
- Proverbs 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Matthew 27:23“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
- John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
- Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
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