Exodus 23:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.

Cross References

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 insult me,

2 Samuel 16:3

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

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.

Psalm 101:5

One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.

Psalm 120:3

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

Psalm 15:3

who do not slander with their tongue and do no evil to their friends nor heap shame upon their neighbors;

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.

Psalm 35:11

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

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Proverbs 10:18

Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Proverbs 12:17

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

Proverbs 14:5

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

Proverbs 17:4

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

Proverbs 19:28

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

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.

Proverbs 21:28

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

Proverbs 24:28

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

Proverbs 25:18

Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.

Proverbs 25:23

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

Proverbs 6:19

a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear many whispering: “Terror is all around! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” All my close friends are watching for me to stumble. “Perhaps he can be enticed, and we can prevail against him and take our revenge on him.”

Leviticus 19:11

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

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.

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.

Luke 19:8

Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.”

Luke 3:14

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

John 7:51

“Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”

Romans 3:8

And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their judgment is deserved!

Ephesians 4:25

So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Deuteronomy 5:20

“ ‘Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

2 Timothy 3:3

unfeeling, implacable, slanderers, profligates, brutes, haters of good,

1 Peter 3:16

yet do it with gentleness and respect. Maintain a good conscience so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming, “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 has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.