Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Holman Bible
“You must not spread a false report. Do not join
International Standard Version
"You are not to spread a false report, nor are you to join forces with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not take up a FALSE report. Do not put thy hand with the wicked man to be an unrighteous witness.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Amplified
“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not take up a false report: thou shalt not put thy hand with the unjust one to be a witness of wrong.
King James 2000
You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'You will not {spread} a false report. Do not lift your hand with [the] wicked to be a malicious witness.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not raise a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt not accept a vain tale, neither shalt put thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
NET Bible
"You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
New Heart English Bible
"You shall not spread a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be an unjust witness.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.
Webster
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
World English Bible
"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 23:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Regulations Regarding Justice
1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness. 2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
Cross References
Psalm 35:11
False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
Exodus 20:16
Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
Exodus 23:7
Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
Leviticus 19:11
Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.
Leviticus 19:16
Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 5:20
Do not give false witness against your neighbour;
Deuteronomy 19:16-21
If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,
Proverbs 10:18
Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
Matthew 26:59-61
Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;
2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.
2 Samuel 19:27
He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.
1 Kings 21:10-13
And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.
Psalm 27:12
Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.
Proverbs 6:19
A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
Proverbs 12:17
The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.
Proverbs 17:4
A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
Proverbs 19:28
A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.
Proverbs 21:28
A false witness will be cut off, ...
Proverbs 24:28
Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
Proverbs 25:18
One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
Proverbs 25:23
As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
Jeremiah 20:10
For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.
Matthew 19:18
He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,
Matthew 28:14-15
And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible.
Luke 3:14
And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.
Acts 6:11-13
Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.
Romans 3:8
Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.
Ephesians 4:25
And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
2 Timothy 3:3
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
1 Peter 3:16
Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.
Revelation 12:10
And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.