Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. Continued 'Words of the Wise' urging courage, diligence, and avoiding evil associates. Additional sayings warn against rejoicing at an enemy's fall, against envy of the wicked, and against partiality in judgment. The sluggard's overgrown field becomes a parable of what …
Other Translations
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
Cross References
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of …
And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the …
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against …
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the …
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for …
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.