17 Then she (A)spoke to him with words like these, saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me;

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17 Then she told him this story:(A) “That Hebrew(B) slave(C) you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

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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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Laws of Justice and Mercy

23 “Do not spread false reports.(A) Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.(B)

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65 (A)Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His (B)blasphemy!

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65 Then the high priest tore his clothes(A) and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

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A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who speaks lies shall perish.

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A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and whoever pours out lies will perish.(A)

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A (A)false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who speaks lies will not escape.

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A false witness(A) will not go unpunished,(B)
    and whoever pours out lies will not go free.(C)

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19 The truthful lip shall be established forever,
(A)But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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19 Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

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Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.

What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
Sharp arrows of the [a]warrior,
With coals of the broom tree!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 120:4 mighty one

Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips(A)
    and from deceitful tongues.(B)

What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,(C)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

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Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
(A)For they bring down trouble upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.

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    because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me(A)
    and assail(B) me in their anger.(C)

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14 The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.

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14 The wicked draw the sword(A)
    and bend the bow(B)
to bring down the poor and needy,(C)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.

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She wrote in the letters, saying,

Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth [a]with high honor among the people; 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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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:9 Lit. at the head

In those letters she wrote:

“Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 10 But seat two scoundrels(A) opposite him and have them bring charges that he has cursed(B) both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”

11 So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast(C) and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 13 Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.(D)

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17 Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, (A)Is that you, O (B)troubler of Israel?”

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17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler(A) of Israel?”

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

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14 that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a (A)Hebrew to [a]mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 39:14 laugh at

14 she called her household servants.(A) “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew(B) has been brought to us to make sport of us!(C) He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.(D)

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