Proverbs 24:28
Do not be a witness against your neighbor for nothing, || Or you have enticed with your lips.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
In Context
29Do not say, “As he did to me, so I do to him, || I render to each according to his work.”
Cross References
Exodus 20:16You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.
1 Samuel 22:9And Doeg the Edomite answers, who is set over the servants of Saul, and says, “I have seen the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub,
Job 2:3And YHWH says to Satan, “Have you set your heart to 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 you move Me against him to swallow him up for nothing!”
Psalms 35:11Violent witnesses rise up, || That which I have not known they ask me.
Proverbs 14:5A faithful witness does not lie, || And a false witness breathes out lies.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness is not acquitted, || And whoever breathes out lies perishes.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:28
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. This is a rule of prudence in the management of household affairs; for all good men should be good husbands, and manage with discretion, which would prevent a great deal of sin, and trouble, and disgrace to their profession. 1. We must prefer necessaries before conveniences, and not lay that out for show which should be expended for the support of the family. We must be contented with a mean cottage for a… Read the whole commentary →