Proverbs Chapter 24 verse 28 Holy Bible
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
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Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
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Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
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Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
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Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.
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Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause (chinnam); gratuitously (Proverbs 3:30; Proverbs 23:29; Proverbs 26:2), when you are not obliged in the performance of a plain duty. Persons are not to put themselves forward to give testimony to a neighbour's discredit, either officiously as busybodies, or maliciously as slanderers. The maxim is expressed in general terms and is not to be confined to one category, as the Syriac and Septuagint render, "Be not a false witness against thy fellow citizen." And deceive not with thy lips. The Hebrew is really interrogative, "And wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?" (Psalm 78:36). The deceit is not so much intentional falsehood as misrepresentation arising from haste and inconsiderateness consequent on this unnecessary eagerness to push forward testimony unsought. Septuagint, "Neither exaggerate (πλατύνου) with thy lips."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Without cause--i.e., do not mention thy neighbour's faults unless for some good reason, not for malice or love of gossip.
