Proverbs 24:28

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

KJV

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

WEB

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

ASV

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

LSV

Do not be a witness against your neighbor for nothing, || Or you have enticed with your lips.

YLT

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

DBY

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

DRC

Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.

GNV

Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?

JPS

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

LXXE

Be not a false witness against thy fellow citizen, neither exaggerate with thy lips.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַל־תְּהִ֣י עֵד־חִנָּ֣ם בְּרֵעֶ֑ךָ וַ֝הֲפִתִּ֗יתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ ἴσθι ψευδὴς μάρτυς ἐπὶ σὸν πολίτην, μηδὲ πλατύνου σοῖς χείλεσι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
• Proverbs 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
• 1 Kings 21:9–13In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people. But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and…
• Matthew 26:59–60Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
• Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
• 1 Samuel 22:9–10But 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. Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also…
• Matthew 27:23“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
• Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Proverbs 21:28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
• 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.
• John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
• Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
• Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
• Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
• 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…

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