Exodus 23:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

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  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 `Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.
  • Deut 5:20 : 20 `Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 `When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy, 17 then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days, 18 and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness `is' a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother: 19 `Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst, 20 and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst; 21 and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Matt 26:59-61 : 59 And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, 60 and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near, 61 said, `This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.'
  • Matt 28:14-15 : 14 and if this be heard by the governor, we will persuade him, and you keep free from anxiety.' 15 And they, having received the money, did as they were taught, and this account was spread abroad among Jews till this day.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'
  • Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, `Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 then they suborned men, saying -- `We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.' 12 They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon `him', they caught him, and brought `him' to the sanhedrim; 13 they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,
  • Rom 3:8 : 8 and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- `We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 And I heard a great voice saying in the heaven, `Now did come the salvation, and the power, and the reign, of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because cast down was the accuser of our brethren, who is accusing them before our God day and night;
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
  • Prov 12:17 : 17 Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
  • 2 Sam 16:3 : 3 And the king saith, `And where `is' the son of thy lord?' and Ziba saith unto the king, `Lo, he is abiding in Jerusalem, for he said, To-day do the house of Israel give back to me the kingdom of my father.'
  • 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 and he uttereth slander against thy servant unto my lord the king, and my lord the king `is' as a messenger of God; and do thou that which is good in thine eyes,
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.' 11 And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them, 12 they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people, 13 and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
  • Prov 19:28 : 28 A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 For I have heard the evil report of many, Fear `is' round about: `Declare, and we declare it,' All mine allies are watching `for' my halting, `Perhaps he is enticed, and we prevail over him, And we take our vengeance out of him.'
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    2`Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;

    3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

  • Exod 20:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15`Thou dost not steal.

    16`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

  • Exod 23:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

    7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

    8`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Deut 5:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19`Thou dost not steal.

    20`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.

  • Deut 19:14-16
    3 verses
    78%

    14`Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

    15`One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.

    16`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,

  • Prov 24:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

    29Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

  • Prov 14:5
    76%

    5A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

  • Lev 19:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

    16`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Lev 19:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

    12`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Prov 19:5
    75%

    5A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

  • Deut 19:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness `is' a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

    19`Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,

  • Prov 12:17
    73%

    17Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness -- deceit.

  • Deut 16:19
    73%

    19Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:9
    72%

    9A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

  • Prov 25:18
    72%

    18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

  • Prov 18:5
    72%

    5Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 6:19
    72%

    19A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

  • Prov 14:25
    71%

    25A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

  • Lev 19:35
    71%

    35`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;

  • Exod 20:7
    71%

    7`Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

  • Deut 24:17
    71%

    17`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

  • Prov 22:26
    70%

    26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

  • Deut 17:7
    70%

    7the hand of the witnesses is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

  • Prov 30:6
    70%

    6Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

  • Prov 24:1
    70%

    1Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

  • Deut 5:11
    70%

    11`Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.

  • Deut 13:11
    70%

    11and all Israel do hear and fear, and add not to do like this evil thing in thy midst.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    70%

    13as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.

  • Zech 8:17
    70%

    17And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

  • Prov 30:10
    70%

    10Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

  • Ps 15:3
    70%

    3He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

  • Deut 13:8
    70%

    8thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.

  • Deut 25:13
    70%

    13`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.

  • 1 Tim 5:19
    70%

    19Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

  • Matt 5:33
    70%

    33`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

  • Prov 20:23
    70%

    23An abomination to Jehovah `are' a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit `are' not good.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
    69%

    4And they say, `Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.'

  • Ps 28:3
    69%

    3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Prov 19:28
    69%

    28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.