Proverbs 24:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Eph 4:25 : 25 And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
  • Matt 26:59-60 : 59 Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death; 60 And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came.
  • Matt 27:23 : 23 And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!
  • John 15:25 : 25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
  • 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub. 10 And he got directions from the Lord for him, and gave him food, and put in his hand the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people; 10 And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death. 11 So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them. 12 They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
  • Job 2:3 : 3 And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness will be cut off, ...

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  • Deut 5:20
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    20 Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

  • Prov 25:8-10
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    10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

    2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

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    27 Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

  • Prov 3:28-30
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    28 Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

    29 Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

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  • Prov 25:17-18
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    17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

    18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 19:5
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    5 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

  • Prov 24:1-2
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    1 Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

    2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Lev 19:16
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    16 Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

  • Job 27:4
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    4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

  • Prov 14:5
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    5 A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

  • Lev 19:11
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    11 Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

  • Prov 24:18-19
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    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

    19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • Prov 26:19
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    19 So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

  • Ps 12:2
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    2 Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

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    6 It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

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    6 Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

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    25 A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

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    17 The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

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    24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you.

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    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

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    9 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24 With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

  • Prov 20:19
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    19 He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

  • Deut 19:16
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    16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

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    10 Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

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    14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

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    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

  • Jer 9:4-5
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    4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

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    14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

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    19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.