28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.


In Context

25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.

26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

27 Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.

29 Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did."

30 I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;

Proverbs 24:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:28Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:28Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:28Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:28Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.