Proverbs 24:28

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Do not be a false witness against your neighbor or deceive with your lips.

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  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 Like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.
  • Matt 26:59-60 : 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus so that they might put Him to death. 60 But they could not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. Finally, two witnesses came forward.
  • Matt 27:23 : 23 But he said, 'Why? What evil has He done?' Yet they kept shouting all the more, 'Let Him be crucified!'
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices,
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Do not spread a false report, and do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.
  • 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul's servants, answered, 'I saw the son of Jesse come to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub.' 10 Ahimelech inquired of the Lord for him, gave him provisions, and also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 In those letters she wrote, 'Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people.' 10 Then seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them accuse him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death. 11 So the elders and nobles of this city, who lived there, carried out Jezebel’s instructions, just as she had written in the letters she sent them. 12 They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 13 Two worthless men came and sat opposite Naboth. They testified against him before the people, saying, 'Naboth has cursed God and the king.' So they took him outside the city, stoned him to death, and he died.
  • Job 2:3 : 3 Then the LORD said to Satan, 'Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth—blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still holds fast to his integrity, even though you incited me against him to destroy him without cause.'
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause, they hid a pit for me; without reason, they dug a trap to capture my life.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses rise up; they question me about things I do not know.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of David.
  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will not escape.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who breathes out lies will perish.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness will perish, but one who listens will speak forever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 20:16
    80%

    16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 24:29
    80%

    29 Do not say, 'I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his deeds.'

  • Deut 5:20
    78%

    20 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 25:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8 Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.

    9 Debate your case with your neighbor, but do not reveal another’s secret.

    10 Lest the one who hears it brings shame upon you, and your slander is not retracted.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Do not spread a false report, and do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.

    2 Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.

  • Prov 24:27
    77%

    27 Prepare your work outside and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

  • Prov 3:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

    28 Do not say to your neighbor, 'Go and come back, tomorrow I will give it,' when you already have it with you.

    29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

    30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason, when they have done you no harm.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

    18 Like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

  • Prov 19:5
    74%

    5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will not escape.

  • Prov 24:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Do not envy wicked people or desire to be with them.

    2 For their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

  • Lev 19:16
    74%

    16 Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.

  • Ps 15:3
    74%

    3 Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to his neighbor, and does not bring disgrace upon a relative.

  • Job 27:4
    74%

    4 my lips will not utter injustice, and my tongue will not speak deceit.

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

    5 A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak peace to their neighbors but harbor evil in their hearts.

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

    2 Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

  • Ps 34:13
    73%

    13 Who is the person who desires life and loves many days to see good?

  • Lev 19:11
    73%

    11 Do not steal. Do not deceive or lie to one another.

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 Otherwise, the LORD will see and disapprove, and He may turn His anger away from them.

    19 Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked.

  • Prov 26:19
    73%

    19 so is the one who deceives their neighbor and says, 'I was only joking!'

  • Ps 12:2
    72%

    2 Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

  • Zech 8:17
    72%

    17 Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15 Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Job 15:6
    72%

    6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.

  • Prov 30:6
    72%

    6 Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

  • Prov 14:25
    72%

    25 A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness speaks deceit.

  • Prov 12:17
    72%

    17 An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness speaks deceit.

  • Prov 4:24
    71%

    24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

  • Ps 31:18
    71%

    18 O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I have called out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in the grave.

  • Prov 19:9
    71%

    9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who breathes out lies will perish.

  • Prov 26:24
    71%

    24 An enemy disguises themselves with their lips, but in their heart, they harbor deceit.

  • Prov 20:19
    71%

    19 A gossip betrays a confidence, so avoid anyone who talks too much.

  • Deut 19:16
    71%

    16 If a malicious witness testifies against someone, accusing him of wrongdoing,

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6 Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10 Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will be found guilty.

  • Deut 19:14
    70%

    14 Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19 You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing.

    5 You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

  • Lev 25:14
    70%

    14 If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

    4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    19 Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me; do not let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously.