Proverbs 24:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

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  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Matt 26:59-60 : 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death; 60 But found none: yes, though many false witnesses came, yet they found none. At last came two false witnesses,
  • Matt 27:23 : 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out all the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this happens so that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its deeds.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.
  • 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him food, 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, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
  • Job 2:3 : 3 And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and upright man, one who fears God, and shuns evil? And still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses did rise up; they charged me with things that I knew not.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.
  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will utter lies.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall perish.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness shall perish, but the man who hears will speak consistently.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 20:16
    80%

    16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  • Prov 24:29
    80%

    29Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

  • Deut 5:20
    78%

    20Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

  • Prov 25:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

    9Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and do not disclose a secret to another;

    10Lest he who hears it put you to shame, and your infamy not be turned away.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.

    2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.

  • Prov 24:27
    77%

    27Prepare your work outside, and make it ready for yourself in the field; afterward build your house.

  • Prov 3:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

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

    29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

    30Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

    18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 19:5
    74%

    5A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.

  • Prov 24:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

    2For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Lev 19:16
    74%

    16You shall not go around as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

  • Ps 15:3
    74%

    3He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.

  • Job 27:4
    74%

    4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

    5A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will utter lies.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

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

  • Ps 34:13
    73%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Lev 19:11
    73%

    11You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Prov 26:19
    73%

    19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

  • Ps 12:2
    72%

    2They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

  • Zech 8:17
    72%

    17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Job 15:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 30:6
    72%

    6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

  • Prov 14:25
    72%

    25A truthful witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness speaks lies.

  • Prov 12:17
    72%

    17He who speaks truth declares righteousness, but a false witness deceit.

  • Prov 4:24
    71%

    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Ps 31:18
    71%

    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Prov 19:9
    71%

    9A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall perish.

  • Prov 26:24
    71%

    24He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

  • Prov 20:19
    71%

    19He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore, do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

  • Deut 19:16
    71%

    16If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing;

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10Do not accuse a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.

  • Deut 19:14
    70%

    14You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.

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

  • Lev 25:14
    70%

    14And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    19Let not my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.