Exodus 23:1
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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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Psalm 101:5
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5 Whoever slanders his neighbor (A)secretly
I will (B)destroy.
Whoever has a (C)haughty look and an (D)arrogant heart
I will not endure.
Proverbs 19:5
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Deuteronomy 19:16-21
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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.
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- Deuteronomy 19:19 Or evil person
Matthew 26:59-61
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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council[a] (A)were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, (B)though many false witnesses came forward. At last (C)two came forward 61 and said, “This man said, (D)‘I am able to (E)destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’”
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- Matthew 26:59 Greek Sanhedrin
Exodus 20:16
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16 (A)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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Psalm 35:11
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- Psalm 35:11 Or Violent
Deuteronomy 5:20
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20 “‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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Leviticus 19:16
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16 (A)You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not (B)stand up against the life[a] of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
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- Leviticus 19:16 Hebrew blood
Revelation 12:10
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10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now (A)the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers[a] has been thrown down, (B)who accuses them day and night before our God.
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- Revelation 12:10 Or brothers and sisters
Romans 3:8
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8 And why not (A)do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
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Acts 6:11-13
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11 Then (A)they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, 13 and they (B)set up false (C)witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against (D)this holy place and the law,
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Proverbs 19:9
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1 Peter 3:16
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16 (A)having a good conscience, so that, (B)when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
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2 Timothy 3:3
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3 (A)heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, (B)not loving good,
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Ephesians 4:25
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25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you (A)speak the truth with his neighbor, for (B)we are members one of another.
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Proverbs 24:28
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28 (A)Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.
Proverbs 21:28
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28 (A)A false witness will perish,
but the word of a man who hears will endure.
Proverbs 10:18
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18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever utters slander is a fool.
Proverbs 6:19
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Psalm 15:3
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3 who (A)does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor (B)takes up a reproach against his friend;
Leviticus 19:11
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11 (A)“You shall not steal; (B)you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.
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Luke 19:8
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8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods (A)I give to the poor. And if I have (B)defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it (C)fourfold.”
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Luke 3:14
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14 Soldiers also asked him, “And we, (A)what shall we do?” And he said to them, (B)“Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your (C)wages.”
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Matthew 28:14-15
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14 And if this comes to (A)the governor's ears, we will (B)satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews (C)to this day.
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