28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause: for wilt thou deceive with thy lips?

29 (A)Say not, I will do to him as he hath done to me, I [a]will recompense every man according to his work.

30 I passed by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man destitute of understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:29 He showeth what is the nature of the wicked, to revenge wrong for wrong.

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause(A)
    would you use your lips to mislead?
29 Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
    I’ll pay them back for what they did.”(B)

30 I went past the field of a sluggard,(C)
    past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;

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