Proverbs 24:28

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause or use your words to deceive. Speech must be truthful and just.

Cross-references · 20

• Eph 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
• Prov 25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
• Matt 26:59–60Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
• 1 Kgs 21:9–13And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
• Prov 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
• Prov 14:5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
• Prov 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Prov 21:28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
• Job 2:3And 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.
• Col 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
• Ps 35:11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
• Ps 35:7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
• Ps 52:1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
• Matt 27:23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
• John 15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
• Rev 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
• Exod 23:1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• Rev 21:8But 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.
• Exod 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
• 1 Sam 22:9–10Then 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.

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