Proverbs 24:28

Easy To Read Version

Don’t speak against someone without a good reason. And don’t tell lies.

Cross References

Job 2:3

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you seen my servant Job? There is no person on earth like Job. Job is a good and faithful man. He worships God and refuses to do evil things. He still is faithful, even though you asked me to let you destroy everything he has for no reason.”

Psalm 35:11

A group of witnesses {\cf2\super [217]} are planning\par to hurt me.\par Those people will ask me questions\par that I know nothing about.\par

Psalm 35:7

I did nothing wrong,\par but those people tried to trap me.\par For no reason at all,\par they tried to trap me.\par

Psalm 52:1

Big man, why do you brag about\par the bad things you do?\par You are a continual disgrace to God.\par

Exodus 20:16

“You must not tell lies about other people. [129]

Exodus 23:1

“Don’t tell lies against other people. If you are a witness in court, then don’t agree to help a bad person tell lies.

Proverbs 14:5

A truthful person does not lie—he is a good witness. But a person that can’t be trusted never tells the truth—he is a bad witness.

Proverbs 19:5

A person who tells a lie against another person will be punished. The person who tells lies will not be safe.

Proverbs 19:9

A lying witness must be punished! The person who tells lies will be destroyed.

Proverbs 21:28

A person who tells lies will be destroyed. Any person who listens to those lies will be destroyed with him.

Proverbs 25:18

A person who does not tell the truth is dangerous. He is like a club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Leviticus 19:11

“You must not steal. You must not cheat people. You must not lie to each other.

Leviticus 6:2

“A person might do wrong against the Lord by doing one of these sins: A person might lie about {what happened} to something he was taking care of for someone else. Or a person might lie about a deposit [55] he received. Or a person might steal something. Or a person might cheat someone.

Leviticus 6:3

Or a person might find something that was lost and then lie about it. Or a person might promise to do something and then not do what he promised. Or a person might do some other bad thing.

Matthew 27:23

Pilate asked, “Why do you want me to kill him? What wrong has he done?”

John 15:25

But this happened so that what is written in their law would be true: ‘They hated me for no reason.’ {\cf2\super [219]}

Ephesians 4:25

So you must stop telling lies. You must always speak the truth to each other, because we all belong to each other in the same body.

Colossians 3:9

Don’t lie to each other. Why? Because you have left your old sinful life and the things you did before.

Revelation 21:8

But the people who are cowards, people who refuse to believe, people who do terrible things, people who kill, people who sin sexually, people who do evil magic, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [159]} and people who tell lies—all those people will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are the dogs (bad people), people who do evil magic, people who sin sexually, people who murder, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [175]} and people who love lies and tell lies.