23 (A)“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a (B)malicious witness.

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Laws of justice and mercy

23 ‘Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.

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23 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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17 (A)Whoever speaks[a] the truth gives honest evidence,
    but (B)a false witness utters deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:17 Hebrew breathes out

17 An honest witness tells the truth,
    but a false witness tells lies.

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17 He that [a]uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness;
But a false witness, deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:17 Hebrew breatheth out.

(A)A faithful witness does not lie,
    but (B)a false witness breathes out lies.

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An honest witness does not deceive,
    but a false witness pours out lies.

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A faithful witness will not lie;
But a false witness [a]uttereth lies.

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  1. Proverbs 14:5 Hebrew breatheth out.

25 A truthful witness saves lives,
    but one who (A)breathes out lies is deceitful.

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25 A truthful witness saves lives,
    but a false witness is deceitful.

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25 A true witness delivereth souls;
But he that [a]uttereth lies causeth deceit.

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  1. Proverbs 14:25 Hebrew breatheth out.

28 (A)Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
    and do not deceive with your lips.

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28 Do not testify against your neighbour without cause –
    would you use your lips to mislead?

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28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause;
[a]And deceive not with thy lips.

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  1. Proverbs 24:28 Hebrew And wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

12 (A)Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
    for (B)false witnesses have risen against me,
    and they (C)breathe out violence.

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12 Do not hand me over to the desire of my foes,
    for false witnesses rise up against me,
    spouting malicious accusations.

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12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries:
For false witnesses are risen up against me,
And such as breathe out cruelty.

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11 (A)Malicious[a] witnesses rise up;
    they ask me of things that I do not know.

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  1. Psalm 35:11 Or Violent

11 Ruthless witnesses come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.

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11 [a]Unrighteous witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I know not.

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  1. Psalm 35:11 Or, Malicious. See Ex. 23:1.