Exodus 23:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

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  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.
  • Deut 5:20 : 20 Do not give false witness against your neighbour;
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong, 17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power; 18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother, 19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you. 20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you. 21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Matt 26:59-61 : 59 Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death; 60 And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came. 61 But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.
  • Matt 28:14-15 : 14 And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible. 15 So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
  • Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing. 12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin, 13 And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
  • Rom 3:8 : 8 Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.
  • Prov 12:17 : 17 The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.
  • 2 Sam 16:3 : 3 And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.
  • 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death. 11 So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them. 12 They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
  • Prov 19:28 : 28 A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness will be cut off, ...
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Exod 20:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15 Do not take the property of another.

    16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

  • Exod 23:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

    7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

    8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

  • Deut 5:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19 Do not take the property of another.

    20 Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

  • Deut 19:14-16
    3 verses
    78%

    14 Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

    15 One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

    16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

  • Prov 24:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

    29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Prov 14:5
    76%

    5 A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

  • Lev 19:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

    16 Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 19:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11 Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

    12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

  • Prov 19:5
    75%

    5 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

  • Deut 19:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

    19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

  • Prov 12:17
    73%

    17 The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

  • Deut 16:19
    73%

    19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

  • Prov 19:9
    72%

    9 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

  • Prov 25:18
    72%

    18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 18:5
    72%

    5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Prov 6:19
    72%

    19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

  • Prov 14:25
    71%

    25 A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

  • Lev 19:35
    71%

    35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

  • Exod 20:7
    71%

    7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

  • Deut 24:17
    71%

    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Prov 22:26
    70%

    26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

  • Deut 17:7
    70%

    7 The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

  • Prov 30:6
    70%

    6 Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

  • Prov 24:1
    70%

    1 Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

  • Deut 5:11
    70%

    11 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.

  • Deut 13:11
    70%

    11 And all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and no one will again do such evil as this among you.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    70%

    13 May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

  • Zech 8:17
    70%

    17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10 Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

  • Ps 15:3
    70%

    3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

  • Deut 13:8
    70%

    8 Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;

  • Deut 25:13
    70%

    13 Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    70%

    19 Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.

  • Matt 5:33
    70%

    33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

  • Prov 20:23
    70%

    23 Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
    69%

    4 And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.

  • Ps 28:3
    69%

    3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Prov 19:28
    69%

    28 A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.