Exodus 23:1

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Summary

Exodus 23:1

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

Shalt not

An unrighteous witness

General references

Bible References

Shalt not

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

Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.

“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.

who does not slander with his tongue,
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbor,

I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

What will He give you,
and what will He do to you,
you deceitful tongue?

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

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

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.”

If this reaches the governor’s ears, we will deal with him and keep you out of trouble.”

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!

An unrighteous witness

Do not give dishonest testimony against your neighbor.

“If a malicious witness testifies against someone accusing him of a crime,

Then seat two wicked men opposite him and have them testify against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king!” Then take him out and stone him to death.

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing violence.

Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.

a lying witness who gives false testimony,
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

Whoever speaks the truth declares what is right,
but a false witness, deceit.

A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies will not escape.

A lying witness will perish,
but the one who listens will speak successfully.

Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause.
Don’t deceive with your lips.

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

“Which ones?” he asked Him. Jesus answered:

Do not murder;
do not commit adultery;
do not steal;
do not bear false witness;

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.

Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”

He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”

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!”

Then they persuaded some men to say, “We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!”

Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor,

because we are members of one another.

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

However, do this with gentleness and respect, keeping your conscience clear,

so that when you are accused, those who denounce your Christian life 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 Messiah
have now come,
because the accuser of our brothers
has been thrown out:
the one who accuses them
before our God day and night.

General references

Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,

Do not give dishonest testimony against your neighbor.

and accuses her of shameful conduct, and gives her a bad name, saying, ‘I married this woman and was intimate with her, but I didn’t find any evidence of her virginity,’

An honest witness does not deceive,
but a dishonest witness utters lies.