Proverbs 24:28
“Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I went by the field of the slothful,.... This very probably was a real matter of fact; King Solomon's way lay at a…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Deceive not with thy lips - Better, wilt thou deceive with thy lips?
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 24:28-29
We are here forbidden to be in any thing injurious to our neighbour, particularly in and by the forms of law, either, 1.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
deceive not Lit. and perhaps more forcibly, And wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
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