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Proverbs 24:28
Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
Proverbs 24:28 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 24:28 in other translations
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
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In context
25 But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.
26 He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.
27 Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
28 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
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