Exodus 23:1
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23 (A)“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a (B)malicious witness.
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Proverbs 19:5
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Proverbs 19:9
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Proverbs 21:28
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28 (A)A false witness will perish,
but the word of a man who hears will endure.
Proverbs 24:28
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28 (A)Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.
Proverbs 25:18
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18 A man who (A)bears false witness against his neighbor
is like a war club, or (B)a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Matthew 19:18
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18 He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, (A)“You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
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Deuteronomy 19:16-20
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16 If (A)a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 17 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, (B)before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18 The judges shall (C)inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19 (D)then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil[a] from your midst. 20 And the rest (E)shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you.
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- Deuteronomy 19:19 Or evil person
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