Proverbs 24:28

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Proverbs 24:26–30 · Berean Standard Bible

26 An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.

27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

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Proverbs 14:5

An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

Proverbs 21:28

A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

1 Samuel 22:9

But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

1 Samuel 22:10

Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

1 Kings 21:9

In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

1 Kings 21:10

But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

1 Kings 21:11

So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

1 Kings 21:12

They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

1 Kings 21:13

And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

Job 2:3

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Psalms 35:7

For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

Psalms 35:11

Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Psalms 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

Matthew 26:60

But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

Matthew 27:23

“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

John 15:25

But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.