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 truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."

For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

Deceive

Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

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