28 (A)Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
[a]For would you deceive with your lips?
29 (B)Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”

30 I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:28 LXX, Vg. Do not deceive

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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