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Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
Proverbs 24:28 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.
26 Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.
27 Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
28 Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
29 Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
30 Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
31 And lo, it hath gone up--all of it--thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
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