Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 24:28
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Berean Standard Bible
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
King James Version
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
World English Bible
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
American Standard Version
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 24
26 An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
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