Then she told him the same story: ‘The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,
Exodus 23:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition YOU SHALL not repeat or raise a false report; you shall not join with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Common English Bible Don’t spread false rumors. Don’t plot with evil people to act as a lying witness. Catholic Public Domain Version "You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf on the impious. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person. |
Then she told him the same story: ‘The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,
‘Where is your master’s grandson? ’ the king asked. ‘Why, he’s staying in Jerusalem,’ Ziba replied to the king, ‘for he said, “Today, the house of Israel will restore my grandfather’s kingdom to me.” ’
Ziba slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do whatever you think best.
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Whoever speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness utters lies.
A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
A worthless witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies perishes.
A lying witness will perish, but the one who listens will speak successfully.
Don’t testify against your neighbour without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
A person giving false testimony against his neighbour is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.
For I have heard the gossip of many people, ‘Terror is on every side! Report him; let’s report him! ’ Everyone I trusted watches for my fall. ‘Perhaps he will be deceived so that we might prevail against him and take our vengeance on him.’
Do not go about spreading slander among your people; do not jeopardise your neighbour’s life; I am the Lord.
‘Which ones? ’ he asked him. Jesus answered: Do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not bear false witness;
But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, ‘Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.’
Some soldiers also questioned him, ‘What should we do? ’ He said to them, ‘Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages.’
‘Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it? ’
And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, ‘Let us do what is evil so that good may come’? Their condemnation is deserved!
Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbour, , because we are members of one another.
unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,
Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been thrown down.