Proverbs 24:28

New Living Translation

²⁸Don’t testify against your neighbors without cause;
don’t lie about them.

Proverbs 24:28-29

Living Bible

^28-29Don’t testify spitefully against an innocent neighbor. Why lie about him? Don’t say, “Now I can pay him back for all his meanness to me!”

⁶Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and rich.

⁶Better to be poor and honest than rich and a cheater.

¹³People who conceal their sins will not prosper,
but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.

¹³A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful. But if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets another chance.

²³In the end, people appreciate honest criticism
far more than flattery.

²³In the end, people appreciate frankness more than flattery.

New Living Translation (NLT)

Living Bible (TLB)