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Leviticus 19:16
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Leviticus 19:16
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16 “Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people.[a]
“Do not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is threatened. I am the Lord.
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- 19:16 Hebrew Do not act as a merchant toward your own people.
Leviticus 19:16
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Leviticus 19:16
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16 “‘Do not go about spreading slander(A) among your people.
“‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life.(B) I am the Lord.
Exodus 23:1
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Exodus 23:1
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A Call for Justice
23 “You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand.
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Exodus 23:1
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Exodus 23:1
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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)
Exodus 23:7
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Exodus 23:7
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7 “Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.
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Exodus 23:7
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Exodus 23:7
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7 Have nothing to do with a false charge(A) and do not put an innocent(B) or honest person to death,(C) for I will not acquit the guilty.(D)
Proverbs 20:19
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Proverbs 20:19
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19 A gossip goes around telling secrets,
so don’t hang around with chatterers.
Proverbs 20:19
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Proverbs 20:19
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19 A gossip betrays a confidence;(A)
so avoid anyone who talks too much.
Ezekiel 22:9
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Ezekiel 22:9
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9 People accuse others falsely and send them to their death. You are filled with idol worshipers and people who do obscene things.
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Ezekiel 22:9
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Ezekiel 22:9
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9 In you are slanderers(A) who are bent on shedding blood;(B) in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines(C) and commit lewd acts.(D)
Jeremiah 9:4
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Jeremiah 9:4
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4 “Beware of your neighbor!
Don’t even trust your brother!
For brother takes advantage of brother,
and friend slanders friend.
Jeremiah 9:4
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Jeremiah 9:4
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Jeremiah 6:28
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Jeremiah 6:28
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28 They are the worst kind of rebel,
full of slander.
They are as hard as bronze and iron,
and they lead others into corruption.
Jeremiah 6:28
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Jeremiah 6:28
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Proverbs 11:13
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Proverbs 11:13
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13 A gossip goes around telling secrets,
but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.
Proverbs 11:13
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Proverbs 11:13
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1 Peter 2:1
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1 Peter 2:1
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2 So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech.
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1 Peter 2:1
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1 Peter 2:1
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2 Therefore, rid yourselves(A) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander(B) of every kind.
Acts 6:11-13
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Acts 6:11-13
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11 So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.” 12 This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.[a]
13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.
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Acts 6:11-13
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Acts 6:11-13
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11 Then they secretly(A) persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”(B)
12 So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.(C) 13 They produced false witnesses,(D) who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place(E) and against the law.
Psalm 15:3
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Psalm 15:3
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3 Those who refuse to gossip
or harm their neighbors
or speak evil of their friends.
Psalm 15:3
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Psalm 15:3
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3 whose tongue utters no slander,(A)
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others;
1 Kings 21:10-13
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1 Kings 21:10-13
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10 And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”
11 So the elders and other town leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters. 12 They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people. 13 Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused Naboth before all the people, saying, “He cursed God and the king.” So he was dragged outside the town and stoned to death.
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1 Kings 21:10-13
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1 Kings 21:10-13
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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)
Exodus 20:16
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Exodus 20:16
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16 “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
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Exodus 20:16
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Exodus 20:16
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