Proverbs 24:28
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 24:28Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
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For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.
Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,
that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,
he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.
Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,
“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
“ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another.
“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”
then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart will not reproach me so long as I live.
My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.
a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.
A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?
Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.
who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,
They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
“If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies. Now please tell me how you might be bound.”
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.
A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.
But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.