28 Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause.(A)
Don’t deceive with your lips.

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28 Don’t testify against your neighbor without a cause,
    and don’t lie when you speak.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 24:28 Lit. don’t deceive with your lips

Better a poor man who lives with integrity(A)
than a rich man who distorts right and wrong.[a](B)

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  1. Proverbs 28:6 Lit who twists two ways

It’s better to be poor and live a blameless life
    than to be rich but crooked in one’s lifestyle.

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13 The one who conceals his sins
will not prosper,(A)
but whoever confesses and renounces them
will find mercy.(B)

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13 Whoever hides his transgressions will not succeed,
    but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

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23 One who rebukes a person will later find more favor(A)
than one who flatters[a] with his tongue.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 28:23 Lit is smooth

23 Whoever rebukes a man will later on find more favor
    than someone who flatters with his words.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 28:23 Lit. tongue