Leviticus 19:16

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You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Justice“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.
  • Prov 11:13 : 13 The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 I reported,“All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.
  • Matt 26:60-61 : 60 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward 61 and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify,‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11 The men of the city, the leaders and the nobles who lived there, followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. 12 They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people. 13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they secretly instigated some men to say,“We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council. 13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.
  • Acts 24:4-9 : 4 But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness. 5 For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs 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. 8 When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.” 9 The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 19:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

    18You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 19:11-15
    5 verses
    80%

    11Dealing Honestly“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

    12You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

    13You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

    14You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the LORD.

    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

  • Exod 20:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    15“You shall not steal.

    16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

    17“You 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 belongs to your neighbor.”

  • Deut 5:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19You must not steal.

    20You must not offer false testimony against another.

  • Exod 23:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Justice“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

    2“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

  • Ps 15:3
    75%

    3He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Zech 8:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.

    17Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.

  • Prov 24:28
    74%

    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

  • Lev 25:17
    74%

    17No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 18:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

    21You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD!

  • Deut 19:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

    11However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.

  • Prov 20:19
    73%

    19The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.

  • Lev 19:35
    72%

    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you(whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the LORD. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues, but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

    18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

  • Prov 3:29
    72%

    29Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

  • Prov 25:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

    9When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

  • Deut 13:11
    71%

    11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

  • Jer 9:4
    71%

    4Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.

  • Lev 19:33
    71%

    33When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

  • Ps 5:6
    71%

    6You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.

  • Deut 13:8
    70%

    8You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

  • Deut 16:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

    20You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Lev 19:28
    70%

    28You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Exod 20:13
    70%

    13“You shall not murder.

  • Deut 19:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

    20The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

  • Jas 4:11
    70%

    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • Exod 20:7
    70%

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

  • Deut 5:17
    70%

    17You must not murder.

  • Prov 11:13
    70%

    13The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.