Proverbs 24:28

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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 cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.	Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Be not a witness^H5707 against thy neighbour^H7453 without cause^H2600; and deceive^H6601 not with thy lips^H8193.

Original Hebrew

אַל־תְּהִי עֵד־חִנָּם בְּרֵעֶךָ וַהֲפִתִּיתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תְּהִ֣י	te.Hi	H1961	HVqj2ms	you be
עֵד	'ed-	H5707	HNcmsa	a witness
חִנָּ֣ם	chi.Nam	H2600	HD	without cause
בְּ/רֵעֶ֑/ךָ	be./re.'E./kha	H7453	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	in/ neighbor/ your
וַ֝/הֲ/פִתִּ֗יתָ	va./ha./fi.Ti.ta	H6601	HC/Ti/Vpp2ms	and/ ¿/ will you deceive
בִּ/שְׂפָתֶֽי/ךָ	bi/s.fa.Tei./kha	H8193	HR/Ncfdc/Sp2ms	with/ lips/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H2600 — חִנָּם (chinnâm, khin-nawm'): from חֵן; gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage; without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
H5707 — עֵד (ʻêd, ayd): contracted from עוּד; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince; witness.
H6601 — פָּתָה (pâthâh, paw-thaw'): a primitive root; to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude; allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).
H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.
H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

deceive — Ephesians 4:25, Colossians 3:9, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15
not — Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:1, 1 Samuel 22:9-10, 1 Kings 21:9-13, Job 2:3, Psalms 35:7, Psalms 35:11, Psalms 52:1, Proverbs 14:5, Proverbs 19:5, Proverbs 19:9, Proverbs 21:28, Matthew 26:59-60, Matthew 27:23, John 15:25

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