Proverbs 6:19

What Yahweh Hates

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, ¹⁹ A false witness who utters lies,
And one who spreads strife among brothers.
²⁰ My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

Discord Among Brethren

False Witness

Sows Discord

Psalm 27:12

Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.

Proverbs 6:14

with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;

Proverbs 12:17

Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

Proverbs 19:5

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

Proverbs 19:9

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

Exodus 20:16

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

"You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Deuteronomy 19:16-20

If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing,

1 Kings 21:10-15

And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.

Proverbs 16:28

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 22:10

Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 26:20

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests and the whole Councilwere seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

Acts 6:13

and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,

2 Timothy 2:23

Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

James 3:18

And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

3 John 1:9-10

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.