Exodus 23:1

New International Version

“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.

Cross References

Genesis 39:17

Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

2 Samuel 16:3

The king then asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?” Ziba said to him, “He is staying in Jerusalem, because he thinks, ‘Today the Israelites will restore to me my grandfather’s kingdom.’ ”

2 Samuel 19:27

And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel of God; so do whatever you wish.

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.

Psalm 120:3

What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?

Psalm 15:3

whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;

Psalm 27:12

Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.

Psalm 35:11

Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:7

Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 12:17

An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness tells lies.

Proverbs 14:5

An honest witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies.

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Proverbs 19:28

A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness will perish, but a careful listener will testify successfully.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.

Proverbs 25:23

Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.”

Leviticus 19:11

“ ‘Do not steal. “ ‘Do not lie. “ ‘Do not deceive one another.

Leviticus 19:16

“ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the Lord.

Matthew 19:18

“Which ones?” he inquired. Jesus replied, “ ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony,

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”

Luke 3:14

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”

John 7:51

“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

Romans 3:8

Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is just!

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.

Deuteronomy 5:20

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

2 Timothy 3:3

without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,

1 Peter 3:16

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.