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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 will utter lies. (Prov. 14:5)
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Prov. 19:5,9• 5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
 9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. (Prov. 19:5,9)
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Prov. 21:28• 28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. (Prov. 21:28)
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Ex. 20:16• 16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. (Ex. 20:16)
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Ex. 23:1• 1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. (Ex. 23:1)
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1 Sam. 22:9‑10• 9Then 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.
 10And he inquired of the Lord 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 letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
 10And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
 11And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
 12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
 13And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then 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 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. (Job 2:3)
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Psa. 35:7,11• 7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
 11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. (Psa. 35:7,11)
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Psa. 52:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.>> Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. (Psa. 52:1)
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Psa. 52•  (Psa. 52)
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Matt. 26:59‑60• 59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
 60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, (Matt. 26:59‑60)
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Matt. 27:23• 23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. (Matt. 27:23)
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John 15:25• 25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. (John 15:25)
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Eph. 4:25• 25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. (Eph. 4:25)
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Col. 3:9• 9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; (Col. 3:9)
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Rev. 21:8• 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. (Rev. 21:8)
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Rev. 22:15• 15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh 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?