Exodus 23:1
King James Version
23 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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Exodus 23:1
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Laws of Justice and Mercy
23 “Do not spread false reports.(A) Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.(B)
Psalm 101:5
King James Version
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
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Psalm 101:5
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Proverbs 19:5
King James Version
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
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Proverbs 19:5
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Deuteronomy 19:16-21
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16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Deuteronomy 19:16-21
New International Version
16 If a malicious witness(A) takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime, 17 the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges(B) who are in office at the time. 18 The judges must make a thorough investigation,(C) and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite, 19 then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party.(D) You must purge the evil from among you. 20 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid,(E) and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. 21 Show no pity:(F) life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.(G)
Matthew 26:59-61
King James Version
59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
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Matthew 26:59-61
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59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin(A) were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 60 But they did not find any, though many false witnesses(B) came forward.
Finally two(C) came forward 61 and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”(D)
Exodus 20:16
King James Version
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Exodus 20:16
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Psalm 35:11
King James Version
11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
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Psalm 35:11
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11 Ruthless witnesses(A) come forward;
they question me on things I know nothing about.
Deuteronomy 5:20
King James Version
20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Deuteronomy 5:20
New International Version
20 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.(A)
Leviticus 19:16
King James Version
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 19:16
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16 “‘Do not go about spreading slander(A) among your people.
“‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life.(B) I am the Lord.
Revelation 12:10
King James Version
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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Revelation 12:10
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10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven(A) say:
Romans 3:8
King James Version
8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
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Romans 3:8
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8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(A) Their condemnation is just!
Acts 6:11-13
King James Version
11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
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Acts 6:11-13
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11 Then they secretly(A) persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”(B)
12 So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.(C) 13 They produced false witnesses,(D) who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place(E) and against the law.
Proverbs 19:9
King James Version
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
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Proverbs 19:9
New International Version
9 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and whoever pours out lies will perish.(A)
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