Genesis 39:17

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And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

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that she calleth for the men of her house, and speaketh to them, saying, 'See, he hath brought in to us a man, a Hebrew, to play with us; he hath come in unto me, to lie with me, and I call with a loud voice,

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

'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, 'Art thou he -- the troubler of Israel?'

and she writeth in the letters, saying, 'Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

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

Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, -- 'He hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now ye heard his evil speaking;