Exodus 20:16
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16 (A)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Proverbs 19:5
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5 A (A)false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who speaks lies will not escape.
Matthew 19:18
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18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, (A)“‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’
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Psalm 15:3
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3 He who (A)does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
(B)Nor does he [a]take up a reproach against his friend;
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- Psalm 15:3 receive
Matthew 26:59-60
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59 Now the chief priests, [a]the elders, and all the council sought (A)false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, 60 [b]but found none. Even though (B)many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last (C)two [c]false witnesses came forward
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- Matthew 26:59 NU omits the elders
- Matthew 26:60 NU but found none, even though many false witnesses came forward.
- Matthew 26:60 NU omits false witnesses
Deuteronomy 19:15-21
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The Law Concerning Witnesses
15 (A)“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. 16 If a false witness (B)rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, 17 then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, (C)before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother, 19 (D)then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so (E)you shall put away the evil from among you. 20 (F)And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you. 21 (G)Your eye shall not pity: (H)life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Exodus 23:1
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Justice for All
23 “You (A)shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an (B)unrighteous witness.
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Proverbs 10:18
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James 4:11
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Do Not Judge a Brother
11 (A)Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother (B)and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
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1 Timothy 1:10
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10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is [a]contrary to sound doctrine,
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- 1 Timothy 1:10 opposed
Ephesians 4:31
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31 (A)Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, [a]clamor, and (B)evil speaking be put away from you, (C)with all malice.
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- Ephesians 4:31 loud quarreling
Acts 6:13
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13 They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak [a]blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;
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- Acts 6:13 NU omits blasphemous
Psalm 101:5-7
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5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(A)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.
6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [a]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not [b]continue in my presence.
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- Psalm 101:6 blameless
- Psalm 101:7 Lit. be established
2 Timothy 3:3
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3 unloving, [a]unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,
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- 2 Timothy 3:3 irreconcilable
Proverbs 11:13
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1 Samuel 22:8-19
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8 All of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who reveals to me that (A)my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse; and there is not one of you who is sorry for me or reveals to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day.”
9 Then answered (B)Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, “I saw the son of Jesse going to Nob, to (C)Ahimelech the son of (D)Ahitub. 10 (E)And he inquired of the Lord for him, (F)gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
11 So the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob. And they all came to the king. 12 And Saul said, “Hear now, son of Ahitub!”
He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
13 Then Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?”
14 So Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as (G)faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house? 15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king impute anything to his servant, or to any in the house of my father. For your servant knew nothing of all this, little or much.”
16 And the king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all (H)your father’s house!” 17 Then the king said to the guards who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not tell it to me.” But the servants of the king (I)would not lift their hands to strike the priests of the Lord. 18 And the king said to Doeg, “You turn and kill the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and [a]struck the priests, and (J)killed on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen ephod. 19 (K)Also Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep—with the edge of the sword.
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- 1 Samuel 22:18 attacked
Leviticus 19:11
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11 (A)‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, (B)nor lie to one another.
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Exodus 23:6-7
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6 (A)“You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute. 7 (B)Keep yourself far from a false matter; (C)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For (D)I will not justify the wicked.
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Leviticus 19:16
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16 You shall not go about as a (A)talebearer among your people; nor shall you (B)take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
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1 Kings 21:10-13
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10 and seat two men, scoundrels, before him to bear witness against him, saying, “You have (A)blasphemed God and the king.” Then take him out, and (B)stone him, that he may die.
11 So the men of his city, the elders and nobles who were inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. 12 (C)They proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth with high honor among the people. 13 And two men, scoundrels, came in and sat before him; and the scoundrels (D)witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has blasphemed God and the king!” (E)Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
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