Proverbs 24:28 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.”
Proverbs 24:28 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 24:28 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 24:28 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 24:28 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.”
Proverbs 24:28 — World English Bible
Proverbs 24:28 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.”
Proverbs 24:28 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 24:28 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.”
Proverbs 24:28 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 24:28 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?”
Proverbs 24:28 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 24:28 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?”
Proverbs 24:28 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 24:28 in Context — Proverbs 24
26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
What Does Proverbs 24:28 Mean?
Proverbs 24:28 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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