Exodus 23:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.

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  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesse did rise vp: they layde thinges to my charge that I know not.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.
  • Lev 19:11 : 11 Ye shall not steale, neither deale falselye, neither lye one to another.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not go vp and downe with tales among thy people, neither shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lorde.
  • Deut 5:20 : 20 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man, to accuse hym of trespasse: 17 Then both the men which stryue together, shall stande before the Lorde, before the priestes and the iudges which shalbe in those dayes: 18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be founde false, and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother: 19 Then shall ye do vnto hym, as he had thought to do vnto his brother, & thou shalt put euyll away from the middes of thee. 20 And other shall heare, and feare, and shall hencefoorth commit no more any such wickednesse among you. 21 And thine eye shall haue no copassion, but lyfe for lyfe, eye for eye, toothe for toothe, hande for hande, foote for foote.
  • Matt 26:59-61 : 59 The chiefe priestes, and elders, and all the councell, sought false witnesse agaynst Iesus, for to put hym to death, 60 But founde none: yea, when many false witnesses came, yet founde they none. At the last, came two false witnesses, 61 And sayde: This felowe sayde: I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to buylde it agayne in three dayes.
  • Matt 28:14-15 : 14 And yf this come to the deputies eares we wyll perswade hym, and saue you harmelesse. 15 So they toke the money, & dyd as they were taught. And this saying is noysed among the Iewes, vntyl this day.
  • Luke 3:14 : 14 The souldiours lykewyse demaunded of hym, saying: And what shall we do? And he saide vnto them: Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.
  • Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zache stoode foorth, and sayde vnto the Lorde: Beholde Lorde, the halfe of my goodes I geue to the poore, and yf I haue taken from any man by forged cauillation, I restore him foure folde.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they priuilie prepared men, whiche sayde, we haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moyses, and agaynst God. 12 And they moued the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came vppon hym, and caught him, and brought him to the counsell. 13 And brought foorth false witnesses, which sayde: This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynste this holy place and the lawe.
  • Rom 3:8 : 8 And not rather (as men speake euyll of vs, and as some affirme that we say) let vs do euyll, that good may come therof? Whose dampnation is iuste.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherfore, puttyng away lying, speake euery man trueth vnto his neyghbour, forasmuch as we are members one of another.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without naturall affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, riotous, fierce, despisers of them which are good,
  • 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 And I hearde a loude voyce saying in heauen: Nowe is made saluation, & strength, & the kingdome of our God, & the power of his Christ: For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe, which accused them before our God day & nyght,
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee? what good bryngeth it thee?
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.
  • Prov 12:17 : 17 A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.
  • 2 Sam 16:3 : 3 And the king sayde: Where is thy maisters sonne? Ziba aunswered vnto the king, Behold he tarieth still at Hierusalem: For he sayde, This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdome of my father.
  • 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 And he hath accused thy seruaunt vnto my lorde the king, and my lorde the king is as an angell of God: do therfore what seemeth good in thine eyes.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 And set two vnthriftes before him, to beare witnesse against him, saying, Thou dyddest blaspheme God and the king: And then carie him out, and stone him to death. 11 And the men of his citie, euen the elders and gouernours whiche dwelt in his citie, dyd as Iezabel had sent vnto them, and as it was written in the letter whiche she had sent vnto them. 12 They proclaymed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people. 13 And there came in two men the children of Belial, and sate before him: And the two vnthriftie persons witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the king. And they caried him out of the citie, & stoned him with stones, that he died.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He that backbyteth not with his tongue: nor doth any euil to his felowe, nor rayseth a slaunder vpon his neyghbour.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliuer me not into mine aduersaries handes: for there are false witnesses rysen vp against me, and such as speake wrong.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.
  • Prov 19:28 : 28 A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement: and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse.
  • Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witnesse shall perishe: but a good man speaketh constantly what he hath hearde.
  • Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 Ueryly I hearde the euyll reportes of many, terrour was on euery side of me: complayne vpon hym say they, and we wyll tell his tale: Yea all myne owne companions, and suche as were conuersaunt with me, lay in wayte for my halting, saying: peraduenture he wylbe deceaued, and so shall we preuayle against hym, and be auenged of hym.
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 He sayth vnto hym: Which? Iesus sayde: Thou shalt do no murther, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnesse,

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  • Prov 24:28-29
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    28Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes.

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  • Lev 19:11-12
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  • Deut 19:18-19
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    18And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be founde false, and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother:

    19Then shall ye do vnto hym, as he had thought to do vnto his brother, & thou shalt put euyll away from the middes of thee.

  • Prov 12:17
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    17A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.

  • Deut 16:19
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    19Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous.

  • Prov 19:9
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    9A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.

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  • Exod 20:7
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  • Ps 15:3
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  • Deut 13:8
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  • Deut 25:13
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  • 1 Tim 5:19
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  • Matt 5:33
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  • 1 Sam 12:4
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  • Ps 28:3
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