Proverbs 24:28
Expanded Bible
28 Don’t ·testify [witness] against your neighbor for no good reason.
Don’t ·say things that are false [L deceive with your lips].
Proverbs 24:28
Amplified Bible
28
Do not be a witness against your [a]neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips [speak neither lies nor half-truths].(A)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:28 I.e. anyone who comes into your life, not necessarily one who lives nearby.
Proverbs 28:6
Expanded Bible
6 It is better to be poor and ·innocent [walk blamelessly]
than to be rich and ·wicked [L be on crooked paths].
Proverbs 28:6
Amplified Bible
6
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked and two-faced though he is rich.(A)
Proverbs 28:13
Expanded Bible
13 If you hide your sins, you will not succeed.
If you confess and ·reject [abandon] them, you will receive ·mercy [compassion].
Proverbs 28:13
Amplified Bible
13
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and [a]turns away from his sins will find compassion and mercy.(A)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:13 Lit forsakes.
Proverbs 28:23
Expanded Bible
23 Those who correct others will later ·be liked [find favor]
more than those who ·give false praise [L have a flattering tongue].
Proverbs 28:23
Amplified Bible
23
He who [appropriately] reprimands a [wise] man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
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