Bible Cross References
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exodus 23:6
"Do not deny justice to a poor person when he appears in court.
Exodus 23:7
Do not make false accusations, and do not put an innocent person to death, for I will condemn anyone who does such an evil thing.
Leviticus 19:11
"Do not steal or cheat or lie.
Leviticus 19:16
Do not spread lies about anyone, and when someone is on trial for his life, speak out if your testimony can help him. I am the LORD.
Deuteronomy 19:15-21
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"One witness is not enough to convict someone of a crime; at least two witnesses are necessary to prove that someone is guilty.
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If any of you try to harm another by false accusations,
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both of you are to go to the one place of worship and be judged by the priests and judges who are then in office.
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The judges will investigate the case thoroughly; and if you have made a false accusation,
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you are to receive the punishment the accused would have received. In this way your nation will get rid of this evil.
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Then everyone else will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.
21
In such cases show no mercy; the punishment is to be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
1 Samuel 22:8-19
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Is that why you are plotting against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made an alliance with David. No one is concerned about me or tells me that David, one of my own men, is right now looking for a chance to kill me, and that my son has encouraged him!"
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Doeg was standing there with Saul's officers, and he said, "I saw David when he went to Ahimelech son of Ahitub in Nob.
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Ahimelech asked the LORD what David should do, and then he gave David some food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
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So King Saul sent for the priest Ahimelech and all his relatives, who were also priests in Nob, and they came to him.
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Saul said to Ahimelech, "Listen, Ahimelech!" "At your service, sir," he answered.
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Saul asked him, "Why are you and David plotting against me? Why did you give him some food and a sword, and consult God for him? Now he has turned against me and is waiting for a chance to kill me!"
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Ahimelech answered, "David is the most faithful officer you have! He is your own son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and highly respected by everyone in the royal court.
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Yes, I consulted God for him, and it wasn't the first time. As for plotting against you, Your Majesty must not accuse me or anyone else in my family. I don't know anything about this matter!"
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The king said, "Ahimelech, you and all your relatives must die."
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Then he said to the guards standing near him, "Kill the LORD's priests! They conspired with David and did not tell me that he had run away, even though they knew it all along." But the guards refused to lift a hand to kill the LORD's priests.
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So Saul said to Doeg, "You kill them!"---and Doeg killed them all. On that day he killed eighty-five priests who were qualified to carry the ephod.
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Saul also had all the other inhabitants of Nob, the city of priests, put to death: men and women, children and babies, cattle, donkeys, and sheep---they were all killed.
1 Kings 21:10-13
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Get a couple of scoundrels to accuse him to his face of cursing God and the king. Then take him out of the city and stone him to death."
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The officials and leading citizens of Jezreel did what Jezebel had commanded.
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They proclaimed a day of fasting, called the people together, and gave Naboth the place of honor.
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The two scoundrels publicly accused him of cursing God and the king, and so he was taken outside the city and stoned to death.
Psalm 15:3
and who do not slander others. They do no wrong to their friends nor spread rumors about their neighbors.
Psalm 101:5-7
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I will get rid of anyone who whispers evil things about someone else; I will not tolerate anyone who is proud and arrogant.
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I will approve of those who are faithful to God and will let them live in my palace. Those who are completely honest will be allowed to serve me.
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No liar will live in my palace; no hypocrite will remain in my presence.
Proverbs 10:18
Anyone who hides hatred is a liar. Anyone who spreads gossip is a fool.
Proverbs 11:13
No one who gossips can be trusted with a secret, but you can put confidence in someone who is trustworthy.
Matthew 26:59
The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some false evidence against Jesus to put him to death;
Matthew 26:60
but they could not find any, even though many people came forward and told lies about him. Finally two men stepped up
Acts 6:13
Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him. "This man," they said, "is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.
Ephesians 4:31
Get rid of all bitterness, passion, and anger. No more shouting or insults, no more hateful feelings of any sort.
1 Timothy 1:10
for the immoral, for sexual perverts, for kidnappers, for those who lie and give false testimony or who do anything else contrary to sound doctrine.
2 Timothy 3:3
they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good;
James 4:11
Do not criticize one another, my friends. If you criticize or judge another Christian, you criticize and judge the Law. If you judge the Law, then you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.