Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
Exodus 23:7
Do not make false accusations. Do not put an innocent person to death. I will condemn anyone who does this evil thing.
Exodus 20:16
Do not (lie) accuse anyone falsely.
Leviticus 19:16
Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah.
2 Samuel 16:3
Where is your master Saul's grandson? The king asked. He stayed in Jerusalem, said Ziba. He said: Today the house of Israel will give me back my grandfather's kingdom.
2 Samuel 19:27
He told you lies about me. My lord the king is like an angel of God. Do what you think is right.
Psalm 15:3
The one who does not malign with his tongue, do evil to a friend, or bring disgrace on his neighbor or close friend.
Psalm 101:5
I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.
Psalm 120:3
You deceitful tongue, what can Jehovah give you? What more can he do for you?
Proverbs 10:18
Truly a fool hides hatred with lying lips, and speaks slander.
Proverbs 17:4
The evildoer pays attention to false lips. A liar listens attentively to a wicked tongue.
Proverbs 25:23
The north wind drives away rain. So does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the whispering of many: Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him! All my trusted friends are watching for my fall. They say: Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him and take our revenge on him.
Matthew 28:14
If the governor hears about this, we will persuade him so you may be free from worry.
Romans 3:8
Why not say, Let us do evil so that good may come? Some people have insulted me by accusing me of saying this very thing! They should be condemned and they will be.
An unrighteous witness
Deuteronomy 5:20
Do not bear false witness against another man.
Deuteronomy 19:16
This is what you must do whenever a witness takes the stand to accuse a person falsely of a crime.
1 Kings 21:10
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 surrender me to the will of my opponents. False witnesses have risen against me. They breathe out violence.
Psalm 35:11
Violent witnesses bring charges against me. They ask me things I know nothing about.
Proverbs 6:19
A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 12:17
He who speaks truth shows righteousness, but a false witness deceit.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished. The liar will not escape.
Proverbs 21:28
A false witness will perish, but the man who hears the truth will speak forever.
Proverbs 24:28
Do not witness against your neighbor without cause. Do not deceive with you lips.
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Matthew 19:18
The man replied: Which law? And Jesus said: Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false witness,
Matthew 26:59
The chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death.
Luke 3:14
Soldiers also asked him: What must we do? And he said: Do not take money from any one by force. Never falsely accuse any one wrongfully and be content with your wages.
Luke 19:8
Zacchaeus stood before Jesus and said: Lord, I now give half of all my possessions to the poor. If I have defrauded any one I will give back four times the amount taken.
Acts 6:11
They secretly induced me to say: We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Ephesians 4:25
Put away falsehood. Speak truth each one of you with his neighbor: for we are members (belonging to) (together with) of one another.
2 Timothy 3:3
unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, despisers of those who are good,
1 Peter 3:16
Keep a good conscience. When you are spoken against, those who revile your good manner of life in Christ may be put to shame.
Revelation 12:10
I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now has come the salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power (authority) of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accused them before our God day and night.
General references
Genesis 39:17
She said: That Hebrew slave of yours tried to rape me!
Deuteronomy 5:20
Do not bear false witness against another man.
Deuteronomy 22:14
he charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her. He says: 'When I had sex with this woman, I did not find proof of her virginity.'
Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness utters lies.