Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
KJV
Ne sis testis frustra contra proximum tuum, nec lactes quemquam labiis tuis.
Vulgate
πάντες γὰρ λόγοι θεοῦ πεπυρωμένοι, ὑπερασπίζει δὲ αὐτὸς τῶν εὐλαβουμένων αὐτόν.
LXX
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
ASV
אַל תְּהִ֣י עֵד חִנָּ֣ם בְּ/רֵעֶ֑/ךָ וַ֝/הֲ/פִתִּ֗יתָ בִּ/שְׂפָתֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
חִנָּ֑ם
chnm
adverb · 32×
י
y
noun · 177×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְפַתֶּה֙
ypth
verb · 28×
עֵ֣ד
'd
noun · 70×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Eph 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
- Judg 16:10 — And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
- Lev 6:2 — If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his
- Matt 26:59 — Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
- Prov 12:17 — He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
- Prov 25:18 — A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.