Proverbs 24:28
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
In context
26 An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
Proverbs 24:28 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- KJV King James Version
- Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
- WEB World English Bible
- Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
- WBS Webster Bible
- Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.