Exodus 23:1

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
  • 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.
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
  • Deut 5:20 : 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Matt 26:59-61 : 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, 61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
  • Matt 28:14-15 : 14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. 15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
  • Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they suborned men, which 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 caught him, and brought him to the council, 13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
  • Rom 3:8 : 8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
  • Prov 12:17 : 17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
  • 2 Sam 16:3 : 3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
  • 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and 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 there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
  • Prov 19:28 : 28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

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  • Exod 20:15-16
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    15 Thou shalt not steal.

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  • Exod 23:6-8
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  • Deut 5:19-20
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    19 Neither shalt thou steal.

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  • Deut 19:14-16
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    16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

  • Prov 24:28-29
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    28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

    29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

  • Prov 14:5
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    5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

  • Lev 19:15-16
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    15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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  • Lev 19:11-12
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    11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

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    5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

  • Deut 19:18-19
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    18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

    19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

  • Prov 12:17
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    17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

  • Deut 16:19
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    19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:9
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    9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • Prov 14:25
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    25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

  • Lev 19:35
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    35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Exod 20:7
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  • Deut 24:17
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  • Prov 22:26
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    26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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    6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

  • Prov 24:1
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    1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

  • Deut 5:11
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    11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

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    11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

  • 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:

  • Deut 25:13
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    13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
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    19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

  • Matt 5:33
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    33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

  • Prov 20:23
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    23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
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    4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

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