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Darby's French Translation
Proverbes 24:28
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Ne sois point témoin contre ton prochain, sans qu'il en soit besoin; car voudrais-tu t'en faire croire par tes lèvres?
Ne sois point témoin contre ton prochain sans qu'il soit nécessaire: voudrais-tu séduire par tes lèvres?
Ne témoigne pas à la légère contre ton prochain; Voudrais-tu tromper par tes lèvres?
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
not: Proverbs 14:5, Proverbs 19:5, Proverbs 19:9, Proverbs 21:28, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:1, 1 Samuel 22:9, 1 Samuel 22:10, 1 Kings 21:9-13, Job 2:3, Psalms 35:7, Psalms 35:11, Psalms 52:1, *title Matthew 26:59, Matthew 26:60, Matthew 27:23, John 15:25
deceive: Ephesians 4:25, Colossians 3:9, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 34:13 - deceitfully Leviticus 6:2 - deceived Deuteronomy 16:19 - respect Judges 16:10 - now tell me Proverbs 12:17 - but
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause,.... Unless forced unto it, except there is some urgent reason for it; not upon any trivial account, or in any frivolous matter; never appear forward and eager to bear witness against him, and, whenever obliged to it, be not a false witness, but speak truth, whether thy neighbour be a friend or a foe;
and deceive [not] with thy lips; by bearing a false testimony, the judge, thy neighbour and thyself; for though men may be deceived, God cannot: or, shouldest thou do so, "thou wouldest break" and cut him to pieces "with thy lips" x; which is the sense of the words according to R. Judah, as Ben Melech relates.
x והפיתית בשפתיך "et ne atteras labiis tuis", Vatablus; "et ne comminuas eum labiis tuis", Syriac version.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Deceive not with thy lips - Better, wilt thou deceive with thy lips?
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 24:28. Be not a witness — Do not be forward to offer thyself to bear testimony against a neighbour, in a matter which may prejudice him, where the essential claims of justice do not require such interference; and especially do not do this in a spirit of revenge, because he has injured thee before.
