King James Version
Proverbs 24:28 in the King James Version says “Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.”
Proverbs 24:28 · KJV
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. that: Heb. that answereth right words
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Be not a witness”
H5707concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince
“and deceive”
H6601to 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)
“not with thy lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
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