Leviticus 19:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:16 Cross References

Job 17:5

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Psalm 101:5

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy: Him that hath an high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Psalm 15:3

He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

Psalm 50:20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Exodus 23:7

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Proverbs 10:18

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:13

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Proverbs 20:19

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: Therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Jeremiah 9:4

Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will go about with slanders.

Ezekiel 22:9

Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood: and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

Matthew 27:4

saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it.

Deuteronomy 27:25

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

1 Timothy 3:11

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

2 Timothy 3:3

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

Titus 2:3

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanour, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

1 Peter 2:1

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.