Proverbs 24:28

deceive. Hebrew. pathah. See note on Proverbs 11:18.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deceive not with thy lips - Better, wilt thou deceive with thy lips?
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Second Division, Proverbs 24:23-34 . This section constitutes the second division of the Sayings of the Wise, as Proverbs 24:23 a indicates. I...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. Be not a witness - Do not be forward to offer thyself to bear...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause - fa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge than a man of strength.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is in opposition to the ancient law of retaliation ( Exodus 21:23-25 ; Leviticus 24:17-21 ; Deuteronomy 19:21 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Without cause — i.e. , do not mention thy neighbour’s faults unless for some good reason, not for malice or love of gossip.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 25 FORGIVING "Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil companionships, against excess in passion, against all false exhilaration; and perpe...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause ,.... Unless forced unto it, except there is some urgent reason for it; not upon any trivial ac...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips. Ver. 28. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cau...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be not witness against thy neighbour Either in judgment or in private conversation; without cause Rashly or falsely, without just and sufficient...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be not a witness against thy neighbour, either in judgment or in private conversation, without cause; rashly or falsely, without just and sufficien...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 24:28-29 AN UNCALLED-FOR TESTIMONY I. There are times and circumstances in which it is our duty to witness against...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 24:1 . Be not envious against evil men. Similar thoughts occur in Psalms 37:1 ; Psalms 73 ; Proverbs 17:1 . Why should we envy the wic...
The Biblical Illustrator

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause. The nature and extent of false witness There is nothing more dear and valuable to men tha...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 24:1 We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. Be not thou envious against evil men (see on Proverbs 23...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 28. Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, without reason and need, out of pure animosity; and deceive not with thy lips, rather...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:9-13 ; 1 Samuel 22:10 ; 1 Samuel 22:9 ; Colossians 3:9 ; Ephesians 4:25 ; Exodus 20:16 ; Exodus 23:1 ; Job 2:3 ; John 15:25 ; Ma...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 24:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 24:28