Leviticus 19:16

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Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.

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  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Do not spread a false report, and do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 The men in you who slander for the purpose of shedding blood eat at the high places; they commit lewdness in your midst.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to his neighbor, and does not bring disgrace upon a relative.
  • Prov 11:13 : 13 A gossip reveals secrets, but a trustworthy person keeps a matter confidential.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 A gossip betrays a confidence, so avoid anyone who talks too much.
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 All of them are stubborn rebels, going about with slander. They are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing.
  • Matt 26:60-61 : 60 But they could not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. Finally, two witnesses came forward. 61 They declared, "This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 Then seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them accuse him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death. 11 So the elders and nobles of this city, who lived there, carried out Jezebel’s instructions, just as she had written in the letters she sent them. 12 They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 13 Two worthless men came and sat opposite Naboth. They testified against him before the people, saying, 'Naboth has cursed God and the king.' So they took him outside the city, stoned him to death, and he died.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they secretly instigated men to say, 'We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God.' 12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. 13 They presented false witnesses who said, 'This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.'
  • Acts 24:4-9 : 4 But so as not to take more of your time, I beg you to listen to us briefly in your kindness. 5 We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. 6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him and wanted to judge him according to our law. 7 But Lysias, the commander, came and intervened with great force, taking him out of our hands. 8 By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all the charges we are bringing against him. 9 The Jews joined in the accusation, asserting that these things were true.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded and faithful in all things.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 They will be unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, and hostile to what is good.
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 Likewise, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and every kind of slander.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 He said, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.' But they replied, 'What is that to us? You take care of it.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 19:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.

    18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 19:11-15
    5 verses
    80%

    11Do not steal. Do not deceive or lie to one another.

    12Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

    13Do not oppress or rob your neighbor. Do not withhold the wages of a hired worker overnight.

    14Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.

    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Exod 20:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    15You shall not steal.

    16You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

  • Deut 5:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19You shall not steal.

    20You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Do not spread a false report, and do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.

    2Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.

  • Ps 15:3
    75%

    3Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to his neighbor, and does not bring disgrace upon a relative.

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

  • Zech 8:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth to one another, render true and just judgments in your gates,

    17Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

  • Prov 24:28
    74%

    28Do not be a false witness against your neighbor or deceive with your lips.

  • Lev 25:17
    74%

    17Do not take advantage of one another, but fear your God; I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 18:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

    21Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 19:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

    11But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and then flees to one of these cities,

  • Prov 20:19
    73%

    19A gossip betrays a confidence, so avoid anyone who talks too much.

  • Lev 19:35
    72%

    35Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10Whatever case comes to you from your fellow Israelites living in their cities—whether of bloodshed or other matters of the law, commands, statutes, or decrees—you are to warn them not to sin against the LORD; otherwise, His wrath will come upon you and your people. Do this, and you will not sin.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

    18Like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

  • Prov 3:29
    72%

    29Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

    7Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Prov 25:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.

    9Debate your case with your neighbor, but do not reveal another’s secret.

  • Deut 13:11
    71%

    11Stone him to death because he sought to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  • Jer 9:4
    71%

    4Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing.

  • Lev 19:33
    71%

    33When a stranger resides with you in your land, do not mistreat them.

  • Ps 5:6
    71%

    6The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.

  • Deut 13:8
    70%

    8whether those gods are nearby or far away, from one end of the earth to the other—

  • Deut 16:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

    20Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Lev 19:28
    70%

    28Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 20:13
    70%

    13You shall not murder.

  • Deut 19:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you.

    20Then the rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and they will never again commit such an evil thing among you.

  • Jas 4:11
    70%

    11Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

  • Exod 20:7
    70%

    7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.

  • Deut 5:17
    70%

    17You shall not murder.

  • Prov 11:13
    70%

    13A gossip reveals secrets, but a trustworthy person keeps a matter confidential.