Proverbs 24:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?

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  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore cast off lying, and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.
  • Matt 26:59-60 : 59 Nowe the chiefe Priestes and the Elders, and all the whole councill sought false witnesse against Iesus, to put him to death. 60 But they founde none, and though many false witnesses came, yet founde they none: but at the last came two false witnesses,
  • Matt 27:23 : 23 Then saide the gouernour, But what euill hath he done? Then they cryed the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
  • John 15:25 : 25 But it is that the worde might be fulfilled, that is written in their Lawe, They hated me without a cause.
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that yee haue put off the olde man with his workes,
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful and vnbeleeuing, and the abominable and murtherers, and whoremogers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, & all liars shall haue their part in the lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 For without shall be dogges and enchanters, and whoremongers, and murtherers, and idolaters, and whosoeuer loueth or maketh lies.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
  • 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite (who was appoynted ouer the seruants of Saul) & sayd, I saw the sonne of Ishai when he came to Nob, to Ahimelech the sonne of Ahitub, 10 Who asked counsell of the Lorde for him and gaue him vitailes, and he gaue him also the sword of Goliath the Philistim.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 And shee wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaime a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people, 10 And set two wicked men before him, & let them witnesse against him, saying, Thou diddest blaspheme God and the King: then cary him out, and stone him that he may dye. 11 And the men of his citie, euen the Elders & gouernours, which dwelt in his citie, did as Iezebel had sent vnto them: as it was written in the letters, which she had sent vnto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people, 13 And there came two wicked men, & sate before him: & the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they caried him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed.
  • Job 2:3 : 3 And the Lord sayd vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill? for yet he continueth in his vprightnesse, although thou mouedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they haue hid the pit & their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Cruell witnesses did rise vp: they asked of me things that I knewe not.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. When Doeg the Edomite came and shewed Saul, and saide to him, Dauid is come to the house of Abimelech. Why boastest thou thy selfe in thy wickednesse, O man of power? the louing kindenesse of God indureth dayly.
  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithfull witnes will not lye: but a false record will speake lyes.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 20:16
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    16Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.

  • Prov 24:29
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    29Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.

  • Deut 5:20
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    20Neither shalt thou beare false witnesse against thy neighbour.

  • Prov 25:8-10
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    8Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

    9Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another,

    10Least he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamie doe not cease.

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    1Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.

    2Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.

  • Prov 24:27
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    27Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.

  • Prov 3:28-30
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    28Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.

    29Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.

    30Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.

  • Prov 25:17-18
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    17Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house, least he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

    18A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

  • Prov 19:5
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    5A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.

  • Prov 24:1-2
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    1Bee not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.

    2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

  • Lev 19:16
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    16Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth euill to his neighbour, nor receiueth a false report against his neighbour.

  • Job 27:4
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    4My lips surely shall speake no wickednesse, and my tongue shall vtter no deceite.

  • Prov 14:5
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    5A faithfull witnes will not lye: but a false record will speake lyes.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.

  • Prov 27:2
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    2Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

  • Lev 19:11
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    11Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.

  • Prov 24:18-19
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    18Least the Lorde see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.

    19Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19So dealeth the deceitfull man with his friend and sayth, Am not I in sport?

  • Ps 12:2
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    2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false othe: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lorde.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Job 15:6
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    6Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6Put nothing vnto his wordes, least he reproue thee, and thou be found a lyar.

  • Prov 14:25
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    25A faithfull witnes deliuereth soules: but a deceiuer speaketh lyes.

  • Prov 12:17
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    17He that speaketh trueth, will shewe righteousnes: but a false witnes vseth deceite.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

  • Prov 19:9
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    9A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

  • Prov 20:19
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    19He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

  • Deut 19:16
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    16If a false witnesse rise vp against a man to accuse him of trespasse,

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.

  • Deut 19:14
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    14Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherite in the lande, which ye Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

  • Jer 9:4-5
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    4Let euery one take heede of his neighbour, and trust you not in any brother: for euery brother will vse deceite, and euery friend will deale deceitfully,

    5And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies, and take great paynes to do wickedly.

  • Lev 25:14
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    14And when thou sellest ought to thy neighbour, or byest at thy neighbours hande, ye shall not oppresse one another:

  • Prov 17:4
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    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Ps 35:19
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    19Let not them that are mine enemies, vniustly reioyce ouer mee, neyther let them winke with the eye, that hate mee without a cause.