Proverbs 24:28 (BSB)

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

From Proverbs 24. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 24:28

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 24:28-29: We are here forbidden to be in any thing injurious to our neighbour, particularly in and by the forms of law, either, 1. As a witness: "Never bear a testimony against any man without cause, unless what thou sayest thou knowest to be punctually true and thou hast a clear call to testify it.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 24:28: I went by the field of the slothful,.... This very probably was a real matter of fact; King Solomon's way lay at a certain time by the field of a slothful man, who never went into it himself, there being a lion in the way; and which he took no care of to manure and till, to plough and sow, but let it lie waste...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 24:28: Do not speak even truth needlessly against any, and never falsehood.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 24:28: Pro 24:28 Warning against unnecessary witnessing to the disadvantage of another: Never be a causeless witness against thy neighbour; And shouldest thou use deceit with thy lips? The phrase עד־חנּם does not mean a witness who appears against his neighbour without knowledge of the facts of the case, but one who has no substantial reason for his giving of testimony; חנּם means groundless, with reference...