"Do not accuse anyone falsely.

" 'Do not accuse anyone falsely.

If any of you try to harm another by false accusations,

The judges will investigate the case thoroughly; and if you have made a false accusation,

Then everyone else will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.

Don't abandon me to my enemies, who attack me with lies and threats.

Evil people testify against me and accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.

(SEE 6:16)

If you tell lies in court, you will be punished---there will be no escape.

No one who tells lies in court can escape punishment; he is doomed.

A false accusation is as deadly as a sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.

The LORD Almighty says, "I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners---against all who do not respect me.

Many witnesses told lies against Jesus, but their stories did not agree.

"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this Temple which men have made, and after three days I will build one that is not made by men.' "

The morning after each feast, Job would get up early and offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.

But now suppose you take away everything he has---he will curse you to your face!"

His wife said to him, "You are still as faithful as ever, aren't you? Why don't you curse God and die?"

Then some teachers of the Law said to themselves, "This man is speaking blasphemy!"

So they bribed some men to say, "We heard him speaking against Moses and against God!"

Don't criticize the king, even silently, and don't criticize the rich, even in the privacy of your bedroom. A bird might carry the message and tell them what you said.

The people will wander through the land, discouraged and hungry. In their hunger and their anger they will curse their king and their God. They may look up to the sky

Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, then sent a report to King Jeroboam of Israel: "Amos is plotting against you among the people. His speeches will destroy the country.

where they began to accuse him: "We caught this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah, a king."

When Pilate heard this, he tried to find a way to set Jesus free. But the crowd shouted back, "If you set him free, that means that you are not the Emperor's friend! Anyone who claims to be a king is a rebel against the Emperor!"

We found this man to be a dangerous nuisance; he starts riots among Jews all over the world and is a leader of the party of the Nazarenes.

(SEE 24:10)

The LORD said to Moses,

Then tell the people of Israel that anyone who curses God must suffer the consequences

Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must be put to death; the whole community is to stone him to death outside the camp."

So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded.

Stone them to death! They tried to lead you away from the LORD your God, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.

Then the men of the city are to stone him to death, and so you will get rid of this evil. Everyone in Israel will hear what has happened and be afraid.

then they are to take her out to the entrance of her father's house, where the men of her city are to stone her to death. She has done a shameful thing among our people by having intercourse before she was married, while she was still living in her father's house. In this way you will get rid of this evil.

You are to take them outside the town and stone them to death. She is to die because she did not cry out for help, although she was in a town, where she could have been heard. And the man is to die because he had intercourse with someone who was engaged. In this way you will get rid of this evil.

Joshua, along with all the people of Israel, seized Achan, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, together with Achan's sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys, and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned; and they took them to Trouble Valley.

And Joshua said, "Why have you brought such trouble on us? The LORD will now bring trouble on you!" All the people then stoned Achan to death; they also stoned and burned his family and possessions.

'I saw the murder of Naboth and his sons yesterday. And I promise that I will punish you here in this same field.' So take Joram's body," Jehu ordered his aide, "and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth, so as to fulfill the LORD's promise."

Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were crying, and no one would help them. No one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side.

With a loud cry the Council members covered their ears with their hands. Then they all rushed at him at once,

They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out to the Lord, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"