Exodus 23:1

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Related verses

• Psalm 101:5
  Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
• Proverbs 19:5
  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
• Deuteronomy 19:16-21
  ¹⁶ If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; ¹⁷ Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; ¹⁸ And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; ¹⁹ Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.¹⁶ If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, ¹⁷ both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. ¹⁸ The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, ¹⁹ you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
• Exodus 20:16
  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Matthew 26:59-61
  ⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; ⁶⁰ But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, ⁶¹ And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. ⁶⁰ But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward ⁶¹ and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
• Deuteronomy 5:20
  Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Psalm 35:11
  False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
• Leviticus 19:16
  Thou 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.You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
• Romans 3:8
  And 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.Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
• Proverbs 19:9
  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

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