Leviticus 19:16
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16 You shall not go about as a (A)talebearer among your people; nor shall you (B)take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
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Exodus 23:1
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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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Exodus 23:7
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7 (A)Keep yourself far from a false matter; (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For (C)I will not justify the wicked.
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Proverbs 20:19
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19 (A)He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one (B)who flatters with his lips.
Ezekiel 22:9
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9 In you are (A)men who slander to cause bloodshed; (B)in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.
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Jeremiah 9:4
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4 “Everyone(A) take heed to his [a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will (B)walk with slanderers.
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- Jeremiah 9:4 friend
Jeremiah 6:28
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28 (A)They are all stubborn rebels, (B)walking as slanderers.
They are (C)bronze and iron,
They are all corrupters;
Proverbs 11:13
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Psalm 15:3
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3 He who (A)does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
(B)Nor does he [a]take up a reproach against his friend;
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- Psalm 15:3 receive
1 Kings 21:10-13
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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 Peter 2:1
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Our Inheritance Through Christ’s Blood
2 Therefore, (A)laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
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Acts 6:11-13
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11 (A)Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. 13 They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak [a]blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;
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- Acts 6:13 NU omits blasphemous
Matthew 26:60-61
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60 [a]but found none. Even though (A)many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last (B)two [b]false witnesses came forward 61 and said, “This fellow said, (C)‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”
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- Matthew 26:60 NU but found none, even though many false witnesses came forward.
- Matthew 26:60 NU omits false witnesses
Exodus 20:16
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16 (A)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Titus 2:3
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3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—
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2 Timothy 3:3
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3 unloving, [a]unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,
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- 2 Timothy 3:3 irreconcilable
1 Timothy 3:11
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11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not [a]slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
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- 1 Timothy 3:11 malicious gossips
Acts 24:4-9
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4 Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I beg you to hear, by your [a]courtesy, a few words from us. 5 (A)For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. 6 (B)He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, [b]and wanted (C)to judge him according to our law. 7 (D)But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands, 8 (E)commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.” 9 And the Jews also [c]assented, maintaining that these things were so.
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Matthew 27:4
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4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
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