Leviticus 19:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;
  • Prov 11:13 : 13 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
  • Matt 26:60-61 : 60 and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two, 61 and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God. 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council, 13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
  • Acts 24:4-9 : 4 But, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I entreat thee to hear us of thy clemency a few words. 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: 6 who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold: 7 (Ommitted) 8 from whom thou wilt be able, by examining him thyself, to take knowledge of all these things whereof we accuse him. 9 And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it] .

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    17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

    18 Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

  • Lev 19:11-15
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    13 Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

    14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

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  • Exod 20:15-17
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    15 Thou shalt not steal.

    16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

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  • Deut 5:19-20
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    19 Neither shalt thou steal.

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  • Exod 23:1-2
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    1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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    3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

  • Deut 19:14
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    14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

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    16 These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

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  • Prov 24:28
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    28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

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    17 And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

  • Lev 18:20-21
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    20 And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

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  • Deut 19:10-11
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    10 that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

    11 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;

  • Prov 20:19
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    19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

  • Lev 19:35
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    35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
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    10 And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards Jehovah, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not be guilty.

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  • Prov 3:29
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    29 Devise not evil against thy neighbor, Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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    6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

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    14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

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    8 Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

    9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbor [himself], And disclose not the secret of another;

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    11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do not more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

  • Jer 9:4
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    4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

  • Lev 19:33
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    33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

  • Deut 13:8
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    8 thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

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    19 Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

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    28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

  • Exod 20:13
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    13 Thou shalt not kill.

  • Deut 19:19-20
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    19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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  • Jas 4:11
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    11 Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

  • Exod 20:7
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    7 Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

  • Deut 5:17
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    17 Thou shalt not kill.

  • Prov 11:13
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    13 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

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