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28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;
and deceive not with thy lips.

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28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause;
[a]And deceive not with thy lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:28 Hebrew And wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause(A)
    would you use your lips to mislead?

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Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
Than he that is [a]perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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  1. Proverbs 28:6 Hebrew perverse of two ways.

Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper:
but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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13 He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper;
But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

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13 Whoever conceals their sins(A) does not prosper,
    but the one who confesses(B) and renounces them finds mercy.(C)

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23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour
than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor
Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
    rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)

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