Proverbs 24:28

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Summary

Proverbs 24:28

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

Not

Deceive

Bible References

Not

A trustworthy witness will not lie,
But a false witness

utters lies.

A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who

tells lies will not escape.

A false witness will perish,
But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

“You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

Now she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

Deceive

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,

But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.