Proverbs 24:28

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Matt 26:59-60 : 59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death; 60 and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two,
  • Matt 27:23 : 23 And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.
  • John 15:25 : 25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
  • Col 3:9 : 9 lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
  • 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
  • Job 2:3 : 3 And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. Maschil 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 lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually.
  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 20:16
    80%

    16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  • Prov 24:29
    80%

    29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

  • Deut 5:20
    78%

    20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  • Prov 25:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

    9Debate thy cause with thy neighbor [himself], And disclose not the secret of another;

    10Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

    2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :

  • Prov 24:27
    77%

    27Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house.

  • Prov 3:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

    28Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

    29Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

    30Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

    18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 19:5
    74%

    5A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

  • Prov 24:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

  • Lev 19:16
    74%

    16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

  • Ps 15:3
    74%

    3He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

  • Job 27:4
    74%

    4Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

    5A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

    2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Ps 34:13
    73%

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

  • Lev 19:11
    73%

    11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

    19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

  • Prov 26:19
    73%

    19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Ps 12:2
    72%

    2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

  • Zech 8:17
    72%

    17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Job 15:6
    72%

    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Prov 30:6
    72%

    6Add thou not unto his words, Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

  • Prov 14:25
    72%

    25A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies [causeth] deceit.

  • Prov 12:17
    72%

    17He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness; But a false witness, deceit.

  • Prov 4:24
    71%

    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Ps 31:18
    71%

    18Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

  • Prov 19:9
    71%

    9A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

  • Prov 26:24
    71%

    24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:

  • Prov 20:19
    71%

    19He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

  • Deut 19:16
    71%

    16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

  • Deut 19:14
    70%

    14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Lev 25:14
    70%

    14And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.