28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Focused Passage
Proverbs 24:28-29
Wisdom Builds the House: Justice, Courage, Diligence, Enemies, and the Future of the Righteous
The chapter moves from warnings against envying the wicked, to wisdom as constructive strength, to courageous rescue, to future hope, to restraint toward enemies, to public justice and honest speech, and finally to ordered labor and the severe warning of the sluggard's ruined field.
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Verse 28
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Do notאַל־H408Adverbtestifyתְּהִ֣יH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular. . .עֵד־H5707Noun - masculine singularagainst your neighborבְּרֵעֶ֑ךָH7453Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularwithout causeחִנָּ֣םH2600Adverband do not deceiveוַ֝הֲפִתִּ֗יתָH6601Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularwith your lipsבִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃H8193Preposition-b | Noun - feminine dual construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 29
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Do notאַל־H408Adverbsayתֹּאמַ֗רH559Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularI will doעָֽשָׂה־H6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularto himלִ֭יPreposition | first person common singular. . .כֵּ֤ןH3651Adverbasכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativehe has doneאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־H6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularto meלּ֑וֹPreposition | third person masculine singularI will repayאָשִׁ֖יבH7725Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singularthe manלָאִ֣ישׁH376Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularaccording to his workכְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃H6467Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular