Proverbs 24:28
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
Webster's Revision
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
World English Bible
Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Definitions for Proverbs 24:28
Clarke's Proverbs 24:28 Bible Commentary
Be not a witness - Do not be forward to offer thyself to bear testimony against a neighbor, in a matter which may prejudice him, where the essential claims of justice do not require such interference; and especially do not do this in a spirit of revenge, because he has injured thee before.
Barnes's Proverbs 24:28 Bible Commentary
Deceive not with thy lips - Better, wilt thou deceive with thy lips?