Leviticus 19:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ Do not go about spreading slander  among your people; do not jeopardise  your neighbour’s life; I am the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ You shall not go up and down as a dispenser of gossip and scandal among your people, nor shall you [secure yourself by false testimony or by silence and] endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Do not go around slandering your people. Do not stand by while your neighbor’s blood is shed; I am the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:16 Tagairtí Cros

Job 17:5

If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

Exodus 20:16

Do not give false testimony against your neighbour.

Exodus 23:1

‘You must not spread a false report. Do not join  the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Exodus 23:7

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

Proverbs 10:18

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:13

A gossip goes around revealing a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

Proverbs 20:19

The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid someone with a big mouth.

Jeremiah 6:28

All are stubborn rebels, spreading slander. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

Jeremiah 9:4

Everyone has to be on guard against his friend. Don’t trust any brother, for every brother will certainly deceive, and every friend spread slander.

Ezekiel 22:9

There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood.  People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines;  they commit depraved acts within you.

Matthew 27:4

‘I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,’ he said. ‘What’s that to us? ’ they said. ‘See to it yourself! ’

Deuteronomy 27:25

“The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”

1 Timothy 3:11

Wives,  , likewise, should be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled,  faithful in everything.

2 Timothy 3:3

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers,  without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,

Titus 2:3

In the same way, older women  are to be reverent in behaviour, not slanderers, not slaves to excessive drinking. They are to teach what is good,

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, rid yourselves of  all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

1 Samuel 24:10

You can see with your own eyes that the Lord handed you over to me today in the cave.  Someone advised me to kill you,  but I  , took pity on you and said: I won’t lift my hand against my lord, since he is the Lord’s anointed.