Proverbs 24:28 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁸Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Proverbs 24:28 —

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Cross-References

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Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Matthew 26:59-60
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; …
Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

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Accusation, False Children Consistency Deceit Deception Evidence False Teachers Falsehood

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 28-29)

We are here forbidden to be in any thing injurious to our neighbour, particularly in and by the forms of law, either, 1. As a witness: “Never bear a testimony against any man without cause, unless what thou sayest thou knowest to be punctually true and thou hast a clear call to testify it. Never bear a false testimony against any one;” for it follows, “ Deceive not with thy lips; deceive not the j…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 28)

28. Do not speak even truth needlessly against any, and never falsehood.