Exodus 23:1

You shall not spread false reports or join the wicked as a malicious witness. Truthfulness in testimony protects justice and the innocent.

Cross-references · 37

• Ps 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
• Prov 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
• Deut 19:16–21If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
• Exod 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Matt 26:59–61Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
• Lev 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
• Deut 5:20You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Rom 3:8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
• Ps 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
• Acts 6:11–13Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
• Prov 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
• Rev 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.
• Prov 21:28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
• Prov 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Ps 15:3who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
• Lev 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
• Eph 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
• 1 Pet 3:16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
• Prov 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
• 2 Tim 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
• Exod 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
• Prov 19:28A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
• 2 Sam 19:27and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
• Jer 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
• Prov 25:23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
• Matt 28:14–15If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
• 2 Sam 16:3“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
• Ps 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
• Ps 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
• Prov 12:17He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
• Matt 19:18“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
• Luke 19:8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
• Prov 25:18Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
• Prov 17:4A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
• Luke 3:14Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
• Prov 24:28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
• 1 Kgs 21:10–13But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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