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

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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;

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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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