Exodus 20:16
“You shall not testify falsely [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).
Matthew 19:18
He said to Jesus, “Which commandments?” And Jesus answered,
Exodus 23:1
“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].
Psalm 15:3
He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Matthew 26:59-60
Now the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) tried to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might [have a reason to] put Him to death.
Exodus 23:6-7
“You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.
Leviticus 19:11
‘You shall not steal, nor deal deceptively, nor lie to one another.
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 19:15-21
“A single witness shall not appear in a trial against a man for any wrong or any sin which he has committed; [only]
1 Samuel 22:8-19
For all of you have conspired against me so that no one
1 Kings 21:10-13
and seat two worthless and unprincipled men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You
Psalm 101:5-7
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.
Proverbs 10:18
He who hides hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 11:13
He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets,
But he who is trustworthy and faithful keeps a matter hidden.
Acts 6:13
They presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the Law [of Moses];
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor [perpetual animosity, resentment, strife, fault-finding] and slander be put away from you, along with every kind of malice [all spitefulness, verbal abuse, malevolence].
1 Timothy 1:10
for sexually immoral persons, for homosexuals, for
2 Timothy 3:3
[and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good,
James 4:11
Believers, do not speak against or slander one another. He who speaks [self-righteously] against a brother or
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