Leviticus 19:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not go around as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

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  • Exod 23:1 : 1 You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat on the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.
  • Prov 11:13 : 13 A gossip reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore, do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 They are all grievous rebels, walking with slanders; they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
  • Matt 26:60-61 : 60 But found none: yes, though many false witnesses came, yet they found none. At 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.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed 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 of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 They secretly instigated men who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God. 12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. 13 They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
  • Acts 24:4-9 : 4 However, that I may not be further tedious to you, I beg you to hear us briefly in your kindness. 5 For we have found this man to be a pestilent fellow, and a creator of discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: 6 Who also attempted to desecrate the temple: whom we seized, and would have judged according to our law. 7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great force took him away out of our hands, 8 Commanding his accusers to come before you: by examining of whom you yourself may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him. 9 And the Jews also agreed, saying that these things were true.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 In the same way, their wives must be dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those who are good,
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things;
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 19:17-18
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    17You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.

    18You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 19:11-15
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    11You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

    12And you shall not swear by my name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

    13You shall not defraud your neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

    14You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

    15You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

  • Exod 20:15-17
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    15You shall not steal.

    16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.

  • Deut 5:19-20
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    19Neither shall you steal.

    20Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

  • Exod 23:1-2
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    1You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.

    2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.

  • Deut 19:14
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    14You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

  • Zech 8:16-17
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    16These are the things that you shall do; Speak every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

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  • Prov 24:28
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    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

  • Lev 25:17
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    17You shall not oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 18:20-21
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    20Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.

    21And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

  • Deut 19:10-11
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    10That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.

    11But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees into one of these cities;

  • Prov 20:19
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    19He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore, do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

  • Lev 19:35
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    35You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
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    10And whatever cause shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall even warn them that they do not trespass against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and you shall not trespass.

  • Prov 25:17-18
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    17Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and so hate you.

    18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 3:29
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    29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

  • Exod 23:6-7
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    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

    7Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

  • Lev 25:14
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    14And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:

  • Prov 25:8-9
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    8Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

    9Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and do not disclose a secret to another;

  • Deut 13:11
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    11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this among you.

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

  • Lev 19:33
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    33And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • Deut 13:8
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    8You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him:

  • Deut 16:19-20
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    19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

    20That which is altogether just you shall follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Lev 19:28
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    28You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.

  • Exod 20:13
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    13You shall not murder.

  • Deut 19:19-20
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    19Then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

    20And those who remain shall hear and fear, and shall no longer commit any such evil among you.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • Exod 20:7
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    7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

  • Deut 5:17
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    17You shall not kill.

  • Prov 11:13
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    13A gossip reveals secrets, but he who is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.