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Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”
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“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
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Laws of Justice and Mercy
“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
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Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
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or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit—
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or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.
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“‘Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
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“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
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The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,
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then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party. You must purge the evil from among you.
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Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
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They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God— gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your ancestors did not fear.
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For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel.
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“So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!”
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“If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?”
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“If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit—
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Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
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Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering.
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How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?
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The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.
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Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.
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They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land.
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Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.
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When one of them comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it around.
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All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
