Exodus 23:1

Regulations Regarding Justice

¹ “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. ² Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause hiding behind many to wrest judgment;

False Witness

Become A Witness

Psalm 35:11

False witnesses rose up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Psalm 101:5

Whosoever secretly slanders his neighbour, I will cut off; he that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not give false testimony against thy neighbour.

Exodus 23:7

Keep thee far from a false matter; and slay thou not the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

Leviticus 19:11

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not travel about as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 5:20

Thou shalt not give false testimony against thy neighbour.

Deuteronomy 19:16-21

When a false witness rises up against any man to testify rebellion against him,

Psalm 15:3

He that does not backbite with his tongue nor do evil to his neighbour nor take up a reproach against his neighbour.

Proverbs 10:18

He that hides hatred has lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.

Matthew 26:59-61

Now the princes of the priests and the elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

2 Samuel 16:3

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem, for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

2 Samuel 19:27

And he has slandered thy slave unto my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

1 Kings 21:10-13

and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him that he may die.

Psalm 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalm 120:3

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.

Proverbs 12:17

He that speaks truth shows forth righteousness, but a false witness, deceit.

Proverbs 17:4

An evil doer gives heed to false lips, and a liar gives ear to the tongue which curses.

Proverbs 19:9

The false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.

Proverbs 19:28

A witness of Belial shall scorn judgment, and the mouth of the wicked shall cover iniquity.

Proverbs 21:28

The false witness shall perish, but the man that hears shall stand fast in his word.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not be a false witness against thy neighbour, and do not flatter with thy lips.

Proverbs 25:18

A man that bears false witness against his neighbour is a maul and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind drives away rain, so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard the murmuring of many, fear on every side, Report, and we will report it. All my friends watched to see if I would stumble. Peradventure he will deceive himself, they said, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Matthew 19:18

He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Matthew 28:14-15

And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you secure.

Luke 3:14

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Oppress no one, neither accuse anyone falsely; and be content with your wages.

Luke 19:8

Then Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Acts 6:11-13

Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.

Romans 3:8

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? The condemnation of whom is just.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, leaving the lie, speak every man truth with his neighbour, for we are members one of another.

2 Timothy 3:3

without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, without temperance, without meekness, without goodness,

1 Peter 3:16

having a good conscience, so in that which they murmur against you as of evildoers, those that blaspheme your good conversation in the Christ may be confused.

Revelation 12:10

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation and virtue and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God day and night.