Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause.
Don’t deceive with your lips.

New American Standard Bible

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak.

A Conservative Version

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips [speak neither lies nor half-truths].

Bible in Basic English

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not be a witness gratuitously against thy neighbor, and deceive not with thy lips.

King James 2000

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor nor deceive with your lips.

Modern King James verseion

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, nor deceive with your lips.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Be no false witness against thy neighbour, and hurt him not with thy lips.

NET Bible

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

New Heart English Bible

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Do not deceive with your lips.

The Emphasized Bible

Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Be not a witness
עד 
`ed 
Usage: 69

and deceive
פּתה 
Pathah 
Usage: 28

Context Readings

More Sayings Of The Wise

27 Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field;
afterward, build your house.
28 Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause.
Don’t deceive with your lips.
29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”



Cross References

Ephesians 4:25

Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

Proverbs 25:18

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Exodus 20:16

Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.

1 Samuel 22:9-10

Then Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw Jesse’s son come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

1 Kings 21:9-13

In the letters, she wrote:

Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.

Job 2:3

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause.”

Psalm 35:7

They hid their net for me without cause;
they dug a pit for me without cause.

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.

Psalm 52:1

For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!
God’s faithful love is constant.

Proverbs 14:5

An honest witness does not deceive,
but a dishonest witness utters lies.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies perishes.

Proverbs 21:28

A lying witness will perish,
but the one who listens will speak successfully.

Matthew 26:59-60

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.

Matthew 27:23

Then he said, “Why? What has He done wrong?”

But they kept shouting, “Crucify Him!” all the more.

John 15:25

But this happened so that the statement written in their scripture might be fulfilled: They hated Me for no reason.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices

Revelation 21:8

But the cowards, unbelievers, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

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

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