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28 Don’t testify against your neighbor without a cause,
    and don’t lie when you speak.[a]
29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him like he did to me,
    I’ll be sure to pay him back for what he did.”

30 I went by the field belonging to a lazy man,
    by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.

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  1. Proverbs 24:28 Lit. don’t deceive with your lips

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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