Exodus 23:1

Modern English Version

You must not give a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Cross References

Genesis 39:17

She spoke to him using these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me.

2 Samuel 16:3

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

2 Samuel 19:27

But he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Still my lord the king is as the angel of God, so do what seems best to you.

Psalm 101:5

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

Psalm 120:3

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

Psalm 15:3

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

Psalm 27:12

Do not deliver me to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.

Psalm 35:11

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

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:7

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

Proverbs 10:18

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

Proverbs 12:17

A truthful witness tells what is right, but a false witness, deceit.

Proverbs 14:5

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

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer listens to lying lips, and a liar listens to a spiteful tongue.

Proverbs 19:28

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

Proverbs 19:5

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

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 21:28

A lying witness will perish, but a man who listens will speak forever.

Proverbs 24:28

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

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow, so is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Proverbs 25:23

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

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who speaks lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him. Yes, denounce him!” All my familiar friends who watch for my fall, say, “Perhaps he will be enticed so that we can prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”

Leviticus 19:11

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, nor shall you stand by while the life of your neighbor is in danger: I am the Lord.

Matthew 19:18

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

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I will repay him four times as much.”

Luke 3:14

Then the soldiers likewise demanded of him, “And what must we do?” He said to them, “Do no violence to anyone nor accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.”

John 7:51

“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”

Romans 3:8

Why not rather say, “Let us do evil that good may come,” as we are slanderously accused and as some claim that we say? Their condemnation is just.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, putting away lying, let every man speak truthfully with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Deuteronomy 5:20

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

2 Timothy 3:3

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, unrestrained, fierce, despisers of those who are good,

1 Peter 3:16

Have a good conscience so that evildoers who speak evil of you and falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

Revelation 12:10

Then 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, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.