Proverbs 24:28

World English Bible (2000)

Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
  • Matt 26:59-60 : 59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death; 60 and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,
  • Matt 27:23 : 23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is 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 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
  • 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 He inquired of Yahweh for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 10 Set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king!' Then carry him out, and stone him to death." 11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
  • Job 2:3 : 3 Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.
  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

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 Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

  • Deut 5:20
    78%

    20 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Prov 25:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

    9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another;

    10 lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

    2 "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

  • Prov 24:27
    77%

    27 Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

  • Prov 3:28-30
    3 verses
    76%

    28 Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.

    29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.

    30 Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

    18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 19:5
    74%

    5 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

  • Prov 24:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

    2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Lev 19:16
    74%

    16 "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. "'You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

  • Ps 15:3
    74%

    3 He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

  • Job 27:4
    74%

    4 surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

    5 A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

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

  • Ps 34:13
    73%

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

  • Lev 19:11
    73%

    11 "'You shall not steal. "'You shall not lie. "'You shall not deceive one another.

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

    19 Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

  • Prov 26:19
    73%

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

  • Ps 12:2
    72%

    2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

  • Zech 8:17
    72%

    17 and 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," says Yahweh.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Job 15:6
    72%

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

  • Prov 30:6
    72%

    6 Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

  • Prov 14:25
    72%

    25 A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

  • Prov 12:17
    72%

    17 He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

  • Prov 4:24
    71%

    24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Ps 31:18
    71%

    18 Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

  • Prov 19:9
    71%

    9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

  • Prov 26:24
    71%

    24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

  • Prov 20:19
    71%

    19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

  • Deut 19:16
    71%

    16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10 "Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

  • Deut 19:14
    70%

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

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

    5 They will deceive everyone 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%

    14 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

    4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    19 Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.