King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Don't be a witness against your neighbor for no reason -would you use your lips to deceive?
Berean Standard Bible:
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
American Standard Version:
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Be not a witness{H5707} against thy neighbour{H7453} without cause{H2600}; and deceive{H6601} not with thy lips{H8193}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Ephesians 4:25
- Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Proverbs 25:18
- ¶ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Matthew 26:59
- Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
Matthew 26:60
- But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, [yet] found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
Proverbs 14:5
- ¶ A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Matthew 27:23
- And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
1 Samuel 22:9
- Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
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Commentary for Proverbs 24:28
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H5707
There are 59 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עֵד
Transliteration: ʻêd
Pronunciation: ayd
Description: contracted from עוּד; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince; witness. - Strong's Number: H7453
There are 173 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רֵעַ
Transliteration: rêaʻ
Pronunciation: ray'-ah
Description: or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other. - Strong's Number: H2600
There are 31 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חִנָּם
Transliteration: chinnâm
Pronunciation: khin-nawm'
Description: from חֵן; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage; without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain. - Strong's Number: H6601
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פָּתָה
Transliteration: pâthâh
Pronunciation: paw-thaw'
Description: a primitive root; to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude; allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one). - Strong's Number: H8193
There are 164 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׂפָה
Transliteration: sâphâh
Pronunciation: saw-faw'
Description: or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.