Proverbs 24:28

Be thou not a witnesse with out resonable cause ayens thi neiybore; nether flatere thou ony man with thi lippis.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

In Context

27Make redi thi werk with outforth, and worche thi feelde dilygentli, that thou bilde thin hous aftirward.

29Seie thou not, As he dide to me, so Y schal do to him, and Y schal yelde to ech man aftir his werk.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore.

Job 2:3And the Lord seide to Sathan, Whethir thou hast biholde my seruaunt Joob, that noon in erthe is lijk hym; he is a symple man, and riytful, and dredynge God, and goynge awei fro yuel, and yit holdynge innocence? `But thou hast moued me ayens him, that `Y schulde turmente hym in veyn.

Psalms 35:11Lord, sette forth thi mercy to hem, that knowen thee; and thi ryytfulnesse to hem that ben of riytful herte.

Proverbs 14:5A feithful witnesse schal not lie; a gileful witnesse bringith forth a leesing.

Proverbs 19:9A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesyngis, schal perische.

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