Proverbs 24:28 · KJV
“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive {not} with thy lips.”
— Proverbs 24:28
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Proverbs 24 — Context
{Every man} shall kiss {his} lips that giveth a right answer. {that...: Heb. that answereth right words}
27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive {not} with thy lips.
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Cross References
Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour {is} a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Matthew 26:59-60
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
Revelation 21:8
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.
Psalms 52:1
[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. {Maschil: or, of instruction}
Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul.
1 Kings 21:9-13
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: {on high...: Heb. in the top of the people}
Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.