Genesis 39:17
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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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Exodus 23:1
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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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Matthew 26:65
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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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Proverbs 19:9
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9 A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who speaks lies shall perish.
Proverbs 19:5
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5 A (A)false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who speaks lies will not escape.
Proverbs 12:19
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19 The truthful lip shall be established forever,
(A)But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Psalm 120:2-4
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2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the [a]warrior,
With coals of the broom tree!
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- Psalm 120:4 mighty one
Psalm 55:3
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3 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.
Psalm 37:14
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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.
1 Kings 21:9-13
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9 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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- 1 Kings 21:9 Lit. at the head
1 Kings 18:17
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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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Exodus 20:16
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16 (A)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Genesis 39:14
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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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- Genesis 39:14 laugh at
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