THEOSISProverbs 24:28Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.
אַל־תְּהִ֣י עֵד־חִנָּ֣ם בְּרֵעֶ֑ךָ וַ֝הֲפִתִּ֗יתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eph 4:25Wherefore, putting away lying, speak ye the truth, every man with his neighbour. For we are members one of another.
- Prov 25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.
- Matt 26:59And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
- Matt 26:60And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses:
- Prov 14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a deceitful witness uttereth a lie.
- Matt 27:23The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified.
- 1 Sam 22:9And Doeg, the Edomite, who stood by, and was the chief among the servants of Saul, answering, said: I saw the son of Isai, in Nobe, with Achimelech, the son of Achitob, the priest.
- 1 Sam 22:10And he consulted the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath, the Philistine.