Exodus 23:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

Cross References

Genesis 39:17

Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;

2 Samuel 16:3

And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.

2 Samuel 19:27

He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

Psalm 101:5

I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

Psalm 120:3

What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?

Psalm 15:3

Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Psalm 35:11

False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

Exodus 20:16

Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

Exodus 23:7

Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

Proverbs 10:18

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

Proverbs 12:17

The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

Proverbs 14:5

A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

Proverbs 17:4

A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

Proverbs 19:28

A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness will be cut off, (UNTRANSLATED TEXT)

Proverbs 24:28

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

Proverbs 25:18

One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 25:23

As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

Jeremiah 20:10

For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing there is fear on every side: they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

Leviticus 19:11

Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

Leviticus 19:16

Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

Matthew 19:18

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

Luke 19:8

And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

Luke 3:14

And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.

John 7:51

Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

Romans 3:8

Let us not do evil so that good may come a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made, because such behaviour will have its right punishment.

Ephesians 4:25

And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

Deuteronomy 5:20

Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

2 Timothy 3:3

Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,

1 Peter 3:16

Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

Revelation 12:10

And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.