Proverbs 24:28 KJV
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Thou and Ye
- thy one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Proverbs 24:1–34Envy not sinners. And let not a desire ever come into thy mind, Oh that I could shake off restraints! 3-6. Piety and prudence in outward affairs, both go...
Thompson Chains
- False Witnesses (1)Link 6 of 9 · next Proverbs 25:18
- Deceit (1)See the chain from Psalms 36:3 · 5 links
- LiarsSee the chain from Psalms 63:11 · 6 links
Cross References
- Ephesians 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
- Proverbs 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
- Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- 1 Samuel 22:9–10 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. …
- 1 Kings 21:9–13 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: …
- Job 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
- Psalms 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
- Psalms 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
- Psalms 52:1 <To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
- Proverbs 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
- Proverbs 19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
- Proverbs 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
- Proverbs 21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
- Matthew 26:59–60 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; …
- Matthew 27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
- John 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
- Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
- Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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Topics
- Deceit Forbidden
- Evidence Laws concerning Evidence
- False teachers False witness
- Young men General scriptures concerning Young men
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Be not a witness אַל ʾal Negative עֵד ʿēd עֵד Noun · masculine singular
- against thy neighbour בְּרֵעֶךָ bĕrēʿekā רֵעַ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine singular
- without cause תְּהִי tĕhî Verb · qal jussive, second person masculine singular חִנָּם ḥinnām חִנָּם Adverb
- and deceive וַהֲפִתִּיתָ wahăpittîtā פָּתָה Verb · piel perfect, second person masculine singular · with and, question
- with thy lips בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ biśpātêkā שָׂפָה Noun · feminine dual construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine singular
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