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
עֵד
ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
נָשָׁא
nâshâʼ
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָשָׁא nâshâʼ
to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seduce
Study H5377 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →עֵד ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Study H5707 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →Cross References
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
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...
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
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...
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
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