Homilist Proverbs 24:28-29 Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.… The verses suggest three kinds of wrong testimony. I. A CAUSELESS ONE. "Be not s witness against thy neighbour without cause." There are those who are, for no service, either to themselves or to society, testifying of the defects and infirmities of their neighbours. II. A FALSE ONE. "And deceive not with thy lips." III. A REVENGEFUL ONE. "Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work." (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.WEB: Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips. |
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