Bible verse
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Proverbs 24:28 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 24.
24 Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
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.
31 Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
32 I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
KJV
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
ASV
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
ERV
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
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