²⁰ “‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

^16 (A)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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

⁵ “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ^(A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those ^(B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, ^(C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

¹³ And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

¹⁶ If ^(A)a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, ¹⁷ then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, ^(B)before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. ¹⁸ The judges shall ^(C)inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, ^19 (D)then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil^[a] from your midst. ²⁰ And the rest ^(E)shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. ^21 (F)Your eye shall not pity. ^(G)It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.