23 ^(A)“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a ^(B)malicious witness.

²⁴ And the king commanded, and ^(A)those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

⁹ Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, ^(A)for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall ^(B)bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”

¹⁶ If ^(A)a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, ¹⁷ then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, ^(B)before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. ¹⁸ The judges shall ^(C)inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, ^19 (D)then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil^[a] from your midst. ²⁰ And the rest ^(E)shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. ^21 (F)Your eye shall not pity. ^(G)It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.