Proverbs 24:28
26 An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Vær ikke vitne mot din neste uten årsak! Eller skulle du gjøre svik med dine lepper?
- OTB
- Vitne ikke mot din nabo uten grunn, og bedrag ikke med dine lepper.
- B1930
- Vær ikke vidne mot din næste uten årsak! Eller skulde du gjøre svik med dine leber?
- BSB
- Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- KJV
- Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
- WEB
- Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
- ASV
- Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
- DARBY
- Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
- BLB
- You must not be a witness without cause against your neighbor or deceive with your lips.
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Ephesians 4:25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
Les i sammenhengMatthew 26:59–60
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 25:18
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Les i sammenheng1 Kings 21:9–13
In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
Les i sammenhengColossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Les i sammenhengProverbs 14:5
An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
Les i sammenhengProverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
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