Proverbs 24:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

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  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
  • Matt 26:59-60 : 59 And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, 60 and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,
  • Matt 27:23 : 23 And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'
  • John 15:25 : 25 but -- that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law -- They hated me without a cause.
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part `is' in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 and without `are' the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 `Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
  • 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 And answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, `I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub, 10 and he asketh for him at Jehovah, and provision hath given to him, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine hath given to him.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 and she writeth in the letters, saying, `Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people, 10 and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.' 11 And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them, 12 they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people, 13 and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;
  • Job 2:3 : 3 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God `is' all the day.
  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    16 `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

  • Prov 24:29
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    29 Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

  • Deut 5:20
    78%

    20 `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.

  • Prov 25:8-10
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    8 Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

    9 Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

    10 Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 `Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

    2 `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;

  • Prov 24:27
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    27 Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

  • Prov 3:28-30
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    28 Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.

    29 Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.

    30 Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

  • Prov 25:17-18
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    75%

    17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee.

    18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

  • Prov 19:5
    74%

    5 A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

  • Prov 24:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

    2 For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

  • Lev 19:16
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    16 `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3 He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

  • Job 27:4
    74%

    4 My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

  • Prov 14:5
    74%

    5 A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3 Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

    2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

  • Ps 34:13
    73%

    13 Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

  • Lev 19:11
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    11 `Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

  • Prov 24:18-19
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    18 Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

    19 Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

  • Prov 26:19
    73%

    19 So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

  • Ps 12:2
    72%

    2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

  • Zech 8:17
    72%

    17 And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15 Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Job 15:6
    72%

    6 Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6 Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

  • Prov 14:25
    72%

    25 A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

  • Prov 12:17
    72%

    17 Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

  • Prov 4:24
    71%

    24 Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • Ps 31:18
    71%

    18 Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • Prov 19:9
    71%

    9 A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

  • Prov 26:24
    71%

    24 By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

  • Prov 20:19
    71%

    19 A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver `with' his lips make not thyself surety.

  • Deut 19:16
    71%

    16 `When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10 Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

  • Deut 19:14
    70%

    14 `Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Jer 9:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

    5 And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

  • Lev 25:14
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    14 `And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

    4 An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    19 Mine enemies rejoice not over me `with' falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.