Proverbs 24:28
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Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
In other translations
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Hebrew words
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- Ephesians 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Proverbs 25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
- Matthew 26:59-6059 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,59 Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. 60 But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
- 1 Kings 21:9-139 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.9 In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people. 10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11 So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- Psalm 52:1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
- Psalm 35:7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
- Matthew 27:23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
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