28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; …
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
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 th…
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