Exodus 23:1

Regulations Regarding Justice

¹ " 'You will not {spread} a false report. Do not lift your hand with [the] wicked to be a malicious witness. ² You will not {follow} a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority to pervert [justice].

False Witness

Become A Witness

Psalm 35:11

Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know.

Psalm 101:5

One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. [One] haughty of eyes and {arrogant} of heart, him I will not endure.

Exodus 20:16

"You shall not testify against your neighbor [with] a false witness.

Exodus 23:7

You will stay far from a {false charge}, and do not kill [the] innocent and [the] righteous, because I will not declare [the] wicked righteous.

Leviticus 19:11

" 'You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie {to one another};

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go [about with] slander among your people; {you shall not endanger your neighbor's life}; I [am] Yahweh.

Deuteronomy 5:20

'And you shall not falsely bear evidence against your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 19:16-21

If {a malicious witness} gets up {to accuse} anyone to testify against him falsely,

Psalm 15:3

He does not slander with his tongue. He does not harm his friend, nor {bring up} a disgrace against his neighbor.

Proverbs 10:18

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

Proverbs 19:5

A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.

Matthew 26:59-61

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death.

2 Samuel 16:3

Then the king said, "Where [is] the son of your lord?" And Ziba said to the king, "He [is] living in Jerusalem for he said, 'Today the house of Israel shall return the kingdom of my father to me.'"

2 Samuel 19:27

But he slandered against your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king [is] like the angel of God; {do as you see fit.}."

1 Kings 21:10-13

Seat two men, {scoundrels}, opposite him. Let them witness against him saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then you shall bring him out and stone him so that he dies."

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies, because false witnesses have arisen against me, and [each] breathing out violence.

Psalm 120:3

What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, deceitful tongue?

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who breathes lies and sends out discord between brothers.

Proverbs 12:17

He who will speak truth will reveal righteousness, but the witness of falsehood, deceit.

Proverbs 17:4

He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, [and] the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will perish.

Proverbs 19:28

A worthless witness will mock justice, and the mouth of the wicked will devour iniquity.

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness will perish, but a man who listens will testify with success.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor nor deceive with your lips.

Proverbs 25:18

[Like] a club and sword and a sharp arrow [is] a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Proverbs 25:23

The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.

Jeremiah 20:10

For I hear the rumor of many, "Terror [is] from all around, denounce [him], yes, let us denounce him!" {All my close friends} [are] watchers of my stumbling, [saying], "perhaps he can be persuaded, and we can prevail over him, and we can take our revenge on him."

Matthew 19:18

He said to him, "Which [ones]?" And Jesus said, "Do not commit murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

Matthew 28:14-15

And if this [matter] is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and {keep you out of trouble}."

Luke 3:14

And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, "What should we also do?" And he said to them, "Extort from no one, and do not blackmail [anyone], and be content with your pay."

Luke 19:8

And Zacchaeus stopped [and] said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying [it] back four times [as much]!"

Acts 6:11-13

Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!"

Romans 3:8

And [why] not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, in order that good may come [of it]? Their condemnation is just!

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

2 Timothy 3:3

hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,

1 Peter 3:16

But [do so] with courtesy and respect, having a good conscience, so that in [the things] in which you are slandered, the ones who malign your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

Revelation 12:10

And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night.