Proverbs 24:28

New International Reader's Version

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor for no reason. Would you use your lips to tell lies?

Cross References

Job 2:3

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you thought about my servant Job? There isn’t anyone on earth like him. He is honest. He does what is right. He has respect for God and avoids evil. You tried to turn me against him. You wanted me to destroy him without any reason. But he still continues to be faithful.”

Psalm 35:11

Mean people come forward to speak against me. They ask me things I don’t know anything about.

Psalm 35:7

They set a trap for me without any reason. Without any reason they dug a pit to catch me.

Psalm 52:1

You think you are such a big, strong man! Why do you brag about the evil things you’ve done? You are a dishonor to God all the time.

Exodus 20:16

“Do not be a false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“Do not spread reports that are false. Do not help a guilty person by telling lies in court.

Proverbs 14:5

An honest witness does not lie. But a dishonest witness pours out lies.

Proverbs 19:5

A dishonest witness will be punished. And whoever pours out lies will not go free.

Proverbs 19:9

A dishonest witness will be punished. And those who pour out lies will die.

Proverbs 21:28

Witnesses who aren’t honest will die. But anyone who listens carefully will be a successful witness.

Proverbs 25:18

A person who is a false witness against a neighbor is like a club, a sword or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 26:19

Someone who lies to their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” is just like that crazy person.

Leviticus 19:11

“ ‘Do not steal. “ ‘Do not tell lies. “ ‘Do not cheat one another.

Leviticus 6:2

“Suppose someone sins by not being faithful to me. They do it by tricking their neighbors. They trick them in connection with something their neighbors have placed in their care. They steal from their neighbors. Or they cheat them.

Leviticus 6:3

Or they find something their neighbors have lost and then tell a lie about it. Or they go to court. They promise to tell the truth. But instead they tell a lie when they are a witness about it. Or they lie when they are witnesses about any other sin like those sins.

Matthew 27:23

“Why? What wrong has he done?” asked Pilate. But they shouted even louder, “Crucify him!”

John 15:25

This has happened so that what is written in their Law would come true. It says, ‘They hated me without any reason.’ (Psalms 35:19; 69:4)

Ephesians 4:25

So each of you must get rid of your lying. Speak the truth to your neighbor. We are all parts of one body.

Colossians 3:9

Don’t lie to one another. You have gotten rid of your old way of life and its habits.

Revelation 21:8

But others will be thrown into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. Those who are afraid and those who do not believe will be there. Murderers and those who make themselves impure will join them. Those who commit sexual sins and those who practice witchcraft will go there. Those who worship statues of gods and all who tell lies will be there too. The lake of fire is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are those who are impure. These people include those who practice witchcraft. Outside are also those who commit sexual sins and murder. Outside are those who worship statues of gods. And outside is everyone who loves and does what is false.