Leviticus 19:16
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16 (A)You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not (B)stand up against the life[a] of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
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- Leviticus 19:16 Hebrew blood
Exodus 23:1
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23 (A)“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a (B)malicious witness.
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Exodus 23:7
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7 (A)Keep far from a false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (C)I will not acquit the wicked.
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Proverbs 20:19
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19 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with (B)a simple babbler.[a]
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- Proverbs 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips
Ezekiel 22:9
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9 (A)There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you (B)who eat on the mountains; (C)they commit lewdness in your midst.
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Jeremiah 9:4
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4 (A)Let everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every (B)brother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor (C)goes about as a slanderer.
Jeremiah 6:28
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28 (A)They are all stubbornly rebellious,
(B)going about with slanders;
they are (C)bronze and iron;
all of them act corruptly.
Proverbs 11:13
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13 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets,
but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
1 Peter 2:1
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A Living Stone and a Holy People
2 (A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
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Acts 6:11-13
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11 Then (A)they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, 13 and they (B)set up false (C)witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against (D)this holy place and the law,
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Psalm 15:3
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3 who (A)does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor (B)takes up a reproach against his friend;
1 Kings 21:10-13
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10 And set two (A)worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, (B)‘You have cursed[a] God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11 And the men of his city, (C)the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 (D)they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men 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 with stones.
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- 1 Kings 21:10 Hebrew blessed; also verse 13
Exodus 20:16
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16 (A)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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