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Proverbs 24:28 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 24 · verse 28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.Proverbs 24:28 · King James Version
Proverbs 24:28 in context
26Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- witnessʻêdconcretely, a witnessH5707 →
- deceivepâthâhto openH6601 →
- causechinnâmgratisH2600 →
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We are here forbidden to be in any thing injurious to our neighbour, particularly in and by the forms of law, either, 1. As a witness: "Never bear a testimony against any man without cause, unless what thou sayest thou knowest to be punctually true and thou hast a clear call to testify it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 28-29