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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Deceive

Bible References

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A faithful witness does not lie, but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.

A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.

A false witness will perish, but a man who listens will testify with success.

"You shall not testify against your neighbor [with] a false witness.

" 'You will not {spread} a false report. Do not lift your hand with [the] wicked to be a malicious witness.

But Doeg the Edomite, who [was] stationed among the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse going to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

She had written in the letters, saying, "Call a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness {even though} you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing."

For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life.

Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}.

But [this happened] so that the word that is written in their law would be fulfilled, 'They hated me without a reason.'

Deceive

Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

Do not lie to one another, [because you] have taken off the old man together with his deeds,

But [as] for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share [is] in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

Outside [are] the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral people and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who loves and who practices falsehood.