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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be not a witness
`ed (Hebrew #5707)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV usage: witness.
Pronounce: ayd
Origin: contracted from 5749
against thy neighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
without cause
chinnam (Hebrew #2600)
gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
KJV usage: without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
Pronounce: khin-nawm'
Origin: from 2580
; and deceive
pathah (Hebrew #6601)
to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude
KJV usage: allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).
Pronounce: paw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
not with thy lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
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Prov. 14:5• 5A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies. (Prov. 14:5)
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Prov. 19:5,9• 5A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
 9A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish. (Prov. 19:5,9)
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Prov. 21:28• 28A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly. (Prov. 21:28)
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Ex. 20:16• 16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (Ex. 20:16)
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Ex. 23:1• 1Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness. (Ex. 23:1)
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1 Sam. 22:9‑10• 9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
 10And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. (1 Sam. 22:9‑10)
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1 Kings 21:9‑13• 9And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
 10and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and they shall bear witness against him saying, Thou didst curse God and the king; and carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
 11And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
 12they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
 13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. (1 Kings 21:9‑13)
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Job 2:3• 3And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause. (Job 2:3)
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Psa. 35:7,11• 7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.
 11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not. (Psa. 35:7,11)
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Psa. 52:1• 1To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of *God abideth continually. (Psa. 52:1)
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Psa. 52•  (Psa. 52)
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Matt. 26:59‑60• 59And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
 60And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward (Matt. 26:59‑60)
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Matt. 27:23• 23And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified. (Matt. 27:23)
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John 15:25• 25But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause. (John 15:25)
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Eph. 4:25• 25Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25)
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Col. 3:9• 9Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds, (Col. 3:9)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)
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Rev. 22:15• 15Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie. (Rev. 22:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?