Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
Here are lessons for wise men, that is, judges and princes. As subjects must do their duty, and be obedient to magistrates, so magistrates must do their duty in administering justice to their subjects, both in pleas of the crown and causes between party and party. These are lessons for them. 1.
Commenting on Proverbs 24:23-26
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause,.... Unless forced unto it, except there is some urgent reason for it; not upon any trivial account, or in any frivolous matter; never appear forward and eager to bear witness against him, and, whenever obliged to it, be not a false witness, but speak truth, whether thy neighbour be a friend or a foe; and deceive...
kiss his lips--love and obey, do homage (Psa 2:12; Sol 8:1). right answer--literally, "plain words" (compare Pro 8:9), opposed to deceptive, or obscure.