Exodus 23:1

New King James Version

“You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Cross References

Genesis 39:17

Then she spoke to him with words like these, saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me;

2 Samuel 16:3

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

2 Samuel 19:27

And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is like the angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

Psalm 101:5

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.

Psalm 120:3

What shall be given to you, Or what shall be done to you, You false tongue?

Psalm 15:3

He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;

Psalm 27:12

Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.

Psalm 35:11

Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:7

Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 12:17

He who speaks truth declares righteousness, But a false witness, deceit.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness does not lie, But a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.

Proverbs 19:28

A disreputable witness scorns 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 shall perish.

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness shall perish, But the man who hears him will speak endlessly.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, For would you deceive with your lips?

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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 one who sows discord among brethren.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard many mocking: “Fear on every side!” “Report,” they say, “and we will report it!” All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying, “Perhaps he can be induced; Then we will 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 about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: 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

Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”

Luke 3:14

Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?” So he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse 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

And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth 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

unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,

1 Peter 3:16

having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.