Proverbs 24:28
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
World Messianic 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, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
29Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Cross References
Exodus 20:16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
1 Samuel 22:9Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
Job 2:3The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
Proverbs 14:5A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
Proverbs 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
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 →