Leviticus 19:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ You shall not go up and down as a dispenser of gossip and scandal among your people, nor shall you [secure yourself by false testimony or by silence and] endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Do not go around slandering your people. Do not stand by while your neighbor’s blood is shed; I am the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:16 Cross References

Job 17:5

He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property, the eyes of his children will fail.

Psalm 101:5

Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.

Psalm 15:3

who does not slander with his tongue, and does no evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

Psalm 50:20

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness.

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

Proverbs 10:18

He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and he who utters slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:13

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron, all of them act corruptly.

Jeremiah 9:4

Let every one beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother; for every brother is a supplanter, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Ezekiel 22:9

There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and men in you who eat upon the mountains; men commit lewdness in your midst.

Matthew 27:4

saying, “I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”

Deuteronomy 27:25

“ ‘Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

1 Timothy 3:11

The women likewise must be serious, no slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.

2 Timothy 3:3

inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good,

Titus 2:3

Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,

1 Peter 2:1

So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.

1 Samuel 24:10

Lo, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.’