Exodus 23:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be 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

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

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

Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.

Psalm 120:3

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

Psalm 15:3

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

Psalm 27:12

Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.

Psalm 35:11

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

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

Proverbs 10:18

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

Proverbs 12:17

He who speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

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 he who utters lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

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

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.

Proverbs 24:28

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

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings forth rain; and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and 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 up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

Matthew 19:18

He said to him, “Which?” And Jesus said, “You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

Luke 19:8

And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold.”

Luke 3:14

Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”

John 7:51

“Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”

Romans 3:8

And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, putting away falsehood, let every one speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Deuteronomy 5:20

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

2 Timothy 3:3

inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good,

1 Peter 3:16

and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

Revelation 12:10

And 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 brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.