Leviticus 19:16
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16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood[a] of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.(A)
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- 19.16 Heb stand against the blood
Exodus 23:1
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Justice for All
23 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.(A)
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Exodus 23:7
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7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.(A)
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Proverbs 20:19
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19 A gossip reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with a babbler.(A)
Ezekiel 22:9
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9 In you are those who slander to shed blood, those in you who eat upon the mountains, who commit lewdness in your midst.(A)
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Jeremiah 9:4
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4 Beware of your neighbors,
and put no trust in any of your kin,
for all your kin are supplanters,
and every neighbor goes around like a slanderer.(A)
Jeremiah 6:28
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28 They are all stubbornly rebellious,
going about with slanders;
they are bronze and iron;
all of them act corruptly.(A)
Proverbs 11:13
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13 A gossip goes about telling secrets,
but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence.(A)
1 Peter 2:1
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The Living Stone and a Chosen People
2 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.(A)
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Acts 6:11-13
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11 Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”(A) 12 They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council. 13 They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law,(B)
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Psalm 15:3
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3 who do not slander with their tongue
and do no evil to their friends
nor heap shame upon their neighbors;(A)
1 Kings 21:10-13
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10 seat two scoundrels opposite him, and have them bring a charge against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”(A) 11 The men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. Just as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 they proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the assembly. 13 The two scoundrels came in and sat opposite him, and the scoundrels brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.(B)
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Exodus 20:16
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16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.(A)
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Titus 2:3
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3 Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or enslaved to much wine; they are to teach what is good,(A)
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2 Timothy 3:3
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3 unfeeling, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good,(A)
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1 Timothy 3:11
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11 Women[a] likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.
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- 3.11 Or Women deacons or Wives
Matthew 26:60-61
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60 but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward(A) 61 and said, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”(B)
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Acts 24:4-9
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4 But, to detain you no further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness. 5 We have, in fact, found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.[a](A) 6 He even tried to profane the temple, so we seized him.[b](B) 8 By examining him yourself you will be able to learn from him concerning everything of which we accuse him.”
9 The Jews also joined in the charge by asserting that all this was true.(C)
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Matthew 27:4
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4 He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent[a] blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”(A)
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- 27.4 Other ancient authorities read righteous
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