Sundry Laws

23 (A)You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a (B)malicious witness.

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16 (A)If a malicious witness rises up against a man to [a]accuse him of [b]wrongdoing, 17 then both the men who have the dispute shall stand (B)before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days. 18 The judges (C)shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has [c]accused his brother falsely, 19 then (D)you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:16 Lit testify against
  2. Deuteronomy 19:16 Lit turning aside
  3. Deuteronomy 19:18 Lit testified against

A (A)false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who [a]tells lies will perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:9 Lit breathes

28 A (A)false witness will perish,
But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.

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