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.
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 23:7
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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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Proverbs 20:19
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19 A gossip goes around telling secrets,
so don’t hang around with chatterers.
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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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 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.
Proverbs 11:13
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13 A gossip goes around telling secrets,
but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.
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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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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Psalm 15:3
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3 Those who refuse to gossip
or harm their neighbors
or speak evil of their friends.
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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Exodus 20:16
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16 “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
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Titus 2:3
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3 Similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that honors God. They must not slander others or be heavy drinkers.[a] Instead, they should teach others what is good.
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- 2:3 Greek be enslaved to much wine.
2 Timothy 3:3
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3 They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good.
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1 Timothy 3:11
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11 In the same way, their wives[a] must be respected and must not slander others. They must exercise self-control and be faithful in everything they do.
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- 3:11 Or the women deacons. The Greek word can be translated women or wives.
Matthew 26:60-61
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60 But even though they found many who agreed to give false witness, they could not use anyone’s testimony. Finally, two men came forward 61 who declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
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Acts 24:4-9
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4 But I don’t want to bore you, so please give me your attention for only a moment. 5 We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as the Nazarenes. 6 Furthermore, he was trying to desecrate the Temple when we arrested him.[a] 8 You can find out the truth of our accusations by examining him yourself.” 9 Then the other Jews chimed in, declaring that everything Tertullus said was true.
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- 24:6 Some manuscripts add an expanded conclusion to verse 6, all of verse 7, and an additional phrase in verse 8: We would have judged him by our law, 7 but Lysias, the commander of the garrison, came and violently took him away from us, 8 commanding his accusers to come before you.
Matthew 27:4
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4 “I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.”
“What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem.”
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