Exodus 23:1

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.

Deuteronomy 5:20

“‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:16

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

Revelation 12:10

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

Romans 3:8

And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.

1 Peter 3:16

having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

2 Timothy 3:3

heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Proverbs 24:28

Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.

Proverbs 10:18

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Psalm 15:3

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

Leviticus 19:11

“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

Luke 19:8

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.”

Luke 3:14

Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”

Matthew 19:18

He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my close friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him.”

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 19:28

A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 12:17

Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

Psalm 120:3

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?

Psalm 27:12

Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.

2 Samuel 19:27

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.

2 Samuel 16:3

And the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’”

Exodus 23:7

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

John 7:51

“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”

Genesis 39:17

and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.