Proverbs 24:28

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Be not a

עֵד

ʻêd

H5707

concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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thy

רֵעַ

rêaʻ

H7453

an associate (more or less close)

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חוּץ

chûwts

H2351

properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors

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רִיב

rîyb

H7379

a contest (personal or legal)

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and

נָשָׁא

nâshâʼ

H5377

to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce

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not with thy

שָׂפָה

sâphâh

H8193

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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Key Terms in This Verse

deceive H5377

נָשָׁא nâshâʼ

to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce

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lips H8193

שָׂפָה sâphâh

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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witness H5707

עֵד ʻêd

concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince

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neighbour H7453

רֵעַ rêaʻ

an associate (more or less close)

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cause H7379

רִיב rîyb

a contest (personal or legal)

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without H2351

חוּץ chûwts

properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors

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against H7125

קִרְאָה qirʼâh

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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Cross References

Ephesians 4:25 cross-reference

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Proverbs 25:18 cross-reference

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 21:28 cross-reference

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

Job 2:3 cross-reference

And 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 holdet...

Exodus 23:1 cross-reference

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Exodus 20:16 cross-reference

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Proverbs 19:5 cross-reference

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Colossians 3:9 cross-reference

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

Revelation 21:8 cross-reference

But 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 brimst...

John 15:25 cross-reference

But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Psalm 35:7 cross-reference

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Psalm 52:1 cross-reference

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Proverbs 14:5 cross-reference

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Matthew 27:23 cross-reference

And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

Revelation 22:15 cross-reference

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

Psalm 35:11 cross-reference

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Proverbs 19:9 cross-reference

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

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