Pro 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive {not} with thy lips.
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Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour {is} a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that {there is} none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. {to destroy...: Heb. to swallow him up}
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall not escape. {unpunished: Heb. held innocent}
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
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.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
But {this cometh to pass}, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. {A...: Heb. A witness of lies}
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge {things} that I knew not. {False...: Heb. Witnesses of wrong} {they...: Heb. they asked me}
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: {on high...: Heb. in the top of the people}
[To the chief Musician, Maschil, {A Psalm} of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God {endureth} continually. {Maschil: or, of instruction}
For without {are} dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall perish.
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. {raise: or, receive}
{He that} speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
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 neighbour; {in fellowship: or, in dealing} {fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand}
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. {words: or, matters}
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.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour {is} a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. {raise: or, receive}
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: