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 101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
• Prov 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Deut 19:16–21If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
• Exod 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
• Matt 26:59–61Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
• Lev 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
• Deut 5:20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
• Rom 3:8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
• Ps 35:11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
• Acts 6:11–13Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
• Prov 19:9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
• Rev 12:10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
• Prov 21:28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
• Prov 10:18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
• Ps 15:3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
• Lev 19:11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
• Eph 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
• 1 Pet 3:16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
• Prov 6:19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
• 2 Tim 3:3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
• Exod 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
• Prov 19:28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
• 2 Sam 19:27And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
• Jer 20:10For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
• Prov 25:23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
• Matt 28:14–15And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
• 2 Sam 16:3And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
• Ps 120:3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
• Ps 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
• Prov 12:17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
• Matt 19:18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
• Luke 19:8And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
• Prov 25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
• Prov 17:4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
• Luke 3:14And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
• Prov 24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
• 1 Kgs 21:10–13And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

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