Leviticus 19:16

New King James Version

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.

Cross References

Job 17:5

He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will fail.

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 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 50:20

You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

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

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 11:13

A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are all corrupters;

Jeremiah 9:4

“Everyone take heed to his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; For every brother will utterly supplant, And every neighbor will walk with slanderers.

Ezekiel 22:9

In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.

Matthew 27:4

saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”

Deuteronomy 27:25

‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

1 Timothy 3:11

Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

2 Timothy 3:3

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

Titus 2:3

the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

1 Samuel 24:10

Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’