Exodus 23:1

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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

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Bible References

Shalt not

from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am Jehovah.

And the king saith, 'And where is the son of thy lord?' and Ziba saith unto the king, 'Lo, he is abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, To-day do the house of Israel give back to me the kingdom of my father.'

and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king is as a messenger of God; and do thou that which is good in thine eyes,

He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

For I have heard the evil report of many, Fear is round about: 'Declare, and we declare it,' All mine allies are watching for my halting, 'Perhaps he is enticed, and we prevail over him, And we take our vengeance out of him.'

and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.'

and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- 'We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.

An unrighteous witness

Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.

'When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy,

and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.'

Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

A false witness who doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

He saith to him, 'What kind?' And Jesus said, 'Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

And questioning him also were those warring, saying, 'And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, 'Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'

And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, 'Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'

then they suborned men, saying -- 'We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, 'Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;

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And she speaketh unto him according to these words, saying, 'The Hebrew servant whom thou hast brought unto us, hath come in unto me to play with me;

Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.

and laid against her actions of words, and brought out against her an evil name, and said, This woman I have taken, and I draw near unto her, and I have not found in her tokens of virginity:

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.