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.

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Bible References

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A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

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 Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Deceive

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.