Exodus 23:1 - Easy To Read Version

¹ “Don’t tell lies against other people. If you are a witness in court, then don’t agree to help a bad person tell lies.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ 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)

¹ Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Common English Bible

¹ Don’t spread false rumors. Don’t plot with evil people to act as a lying witness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ "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

¹ Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

Exodus 23:1 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 39:17

And she told her husband the same story. She said, “This Hebrew slave you brought here tried to attack me!

2 Samuel 16:3

Then the king asked, “And where is Mephibosheth?” [92]

2 Samuel 19:27

But my servant tricked me. He {only went to you and} said bad things about me. But my lord and king, you are like an angel from God. Do whatever you think is right.

Psalm 101:5

If any person secretly says bad things\par about his neighbor,\par I will stop that person.\par I will not allow people to be proud\par and think they are better than other people.\par

Psalm 120:3

Liars, do you know what you will get?\par Do you know what you will gain?\par

Psalm 15:3

That kind of person doesn’t say bad things\par about other people.\par That person doesn’t do bad things\par to his neighbors.\par That person doesn’t tell shameful things\par about his own family.\par

Psalm 27:12

My enemies have attacked me.\par They have told lies about me.\par They have told lies to hurt me.\par

Psalm 35:11

A group of witnesses {\cf2\super [217]} are planning\par to hurt me.\par Those people will ask me questions\par that I know nothing about.\par

Exodus 20:16

“You must not tell lies about other people. [129]

Exodus 23:7

“Be very careful if you say that a person is guilty of something. Don’t make false charges against a person. Never allow an innocent person to be killed as punishment for something he did not do. Any person who kills an innocent man is evil, and I will not pardon (forgive) that person.

Proverbs 10:18

A person who hides his hate might be telling a lie. But only a fool tries to find gossip he can spread.

Proverbs 12:17

If a person tells the truth, then he is honest in the things he says. But if a person lies, then that leads to trouble.

Proverbs 14:5

A truthful person does not lie—he is a good witness. But a person that can’t be trusted never tells the truth—he is a bad witness.

Proverbs 17:4

An evil person listens to the evil things other people say. People who tell lies also listen to lies.

Proverbs 19:28

A lying witness makes justice nothing but a joke! The things evil people say bring more evil.

Proverbs 19:5

A person who tells a lie against another person will be punished. The person who tells lies will not be safe.

Proverbs 19:9

A lying witness must be punished! The person who tells lies will be destroyed.

Proverbs 21:28

A person who tells lies will be destroyed. Any person who listens to those lies will be destroyed with him.

Proverbs 24:28

Don’t speak against someone without a good reason. And don’t tell lies.

Proverbs 25:18

A person who does not tell the truth is dangerous. He is like a club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 25:23

The wind that blows from the north brings rain. And in the same way, gossip brings anger.

Proverbs 6:19

a person who tells lies in court\par and says things that are not true,\par a person who starts arguments\par and causes fights between other people.\par

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear people whispering against me.\par Everywhere, I hear things that scare me.\par Even my friends are saying things\par against me.\par People are just waiting for me\par to make some mistake.\par They are saying,\par “Let us lie and say he did some bad thing.\par Maybe we can trick Jeremiah.\par Then we will have him.\par We will finally be rid of him.\par Then we will grab him\par and take our revenge on him.”\par

Leviticus 19:11

“You must not steal. You must not cheat people. You must not lie to each other.

Leviticus 19:16

You must not go around spreading false stories against other people. Don’t do anything that would put your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord!

Matthew 19:18

The man asked, “Which commands?”

Luke 19:8

Zacchaeus said to the Lord (Jesus), “I want to do good. I will give half of my money to the poor. If I have cheated any person, I will pay that person back four times more!”

Luke 3:14

The soldiers asked John, “What about us? What should we do?”

John 7:51

“Our law will not let us judge a person without hearing him. We cannot judge him until we know what he has done.”

Romans 3:8

It would be the same to say, “We should do evil so that good will come.” Many people criticize us and say that we teach those things. People that say those things are wrong, and they should be condemned.

Ephesians 4:25

So you must stop telling lies. You must always speak the truth to each other, because we all belong to each other in the same body.

Deuteronomy 5:20

“You must not tell lies about other people. [31]

2 Timothy 3:3

People in those times will not have love for other people. They will refuse to forgive and will talk about other people to hurt them. People will not control themselves. They will be angry and mean and will hate things that are good.

1 Peter 3:16

But answer those people in a gentle way with respect. Always be able to feel that you are doing right. When you do that, the people who say bad things about you will be made ashamed. They say these bad things about the good way you live in Christ. They will be made ashamed for the bad things they said about you.

Revelation 12:10

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “The victory and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority (power) of his Christ {\cf2\super [92]} have now come. These things have come, because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown out. He is the one who accused our brothers day and night before our God.