Leviticus 19:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
  • 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.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.
  • 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;
  • Prov 11:13 : 13 He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
  • Matt 26:60-61 : 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.
  • 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.
  • 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:
  • Acts 24:4-9 : 4 But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement. 5 For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes: 6 Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took, 7 [] 8 And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him. 9 And the Jews were in agreement with his statement, saying that these things were so.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

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  • Lev 19:17-18
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    17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

    18 Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 19:11-15
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    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.

    13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

    14 Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

    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.

  • Exod 20:15-17
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    15 Do not take the property of another.

    16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

    17 Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

  • Deut 5:19-20
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    19 Do not take the property of another.

    20 Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    76%

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

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

  • Ps 15:3
    75%

    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 19:14
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    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.

  • Zech 8:16-17
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    74%

    16 These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

    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 24:28
    74%

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

  • Lev 25:17
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    17 And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 18:20-21
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    20 And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

    21 And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

  • Deut 19:10-11
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    10 So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

    11 But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

  • Prov 20:19
    73%

    19 He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

  • Lev 19:35
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10 And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.

  • Prov 25:17-18
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    17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

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

  • Prov 3:29
    72%

    29 Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

  • Exod 23:6-7
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    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.

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14 And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • Prov 25:8-9
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    71%

    8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

    9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

  • Deut 13:11
    71%

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

  • Jer 9:4
    71%

    4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

  • Lev 19:33
    71%

    33 And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

  • Ps 5:6
    71%

    6 You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

  • 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 16:19-20
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    70%

    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.

    20 Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Lev 19:28
    70%

    28 You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 20:13
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    13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Deut 19:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Jas 4:11
    70%

    11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • Exod 20:7
    70%

    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 5:17
    70%

    17 Do not put anyone to death without cause.

  • Prov 11:13
    70%

    13 He who goes about talking of others makes secrets public, but the true-hearted man keeps things covered.