Proverbs 24:28
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. 2 Don’t deceive with your lips. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
In Context
27Prepare your work outside, 2 and get your fields ready. 2 Afterwards, build your house. 1
Cross References
Exodus 20:16+ 20:16. Ex 20:16; Deut 5:20 [Heb Bible Ex 20:14; Deut 5:20] (#9.546): Not to testify falsely against your neighbor “You shall not give false witness + 20:16. Quoted in Matt 19:18-19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20 against your neighbor.
Psalms 35:11+ 35:11. MP: False witnesses come forward. (See also Is 53:7b). (Mark 14:55-57) Malicious witnesses come forward. + 35:11. Quoted in Matt 26:60 2 They ask me about things about which I know nothing. 1
Proverbs 14:5A truthful witness will not lie, 2 but a false witness pours out lies. 1
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished. 2 He who utters lies shall perish. 1
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 →