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Exodus 23:1
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Exodus 23:1
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Chapter 23
1 You shall not repeat a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a witness supporting violence.(A)
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Exodus 23:1
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Exodus 23:1
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Laws of Justice and Mercy
23 “Do not spread false reports.(A) Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.(B)
Deuteronomy 19:16-19
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Deuteronomy 19:16-19
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16 If a hostile witness rises against someone to accuse that person of wrongdoing, 17 the two parties in the dispute shall appear in the presence of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and judges in office at that time,(A) 18 (B)and the judges must investigate it thoroughly. If the witness is a false witness and has falsely accused the other,(C) 19 you shall do to the false witness just as that false witness planned to do to the other. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst.
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Deuteronomy 19:16-19
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Deuteronomy 19:16-19
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16 If a malicious witness(A) takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime, 17 the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges(B) who are in office at the time. 18 The judges must make a thorough investigation,(C) and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite, 19 then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party.(D) You must purge the evil from among you.
Proverbs 19:5
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Proverbs 19:5
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Footnotes
- 19:5 The punishment fits the crime: those who abuse the legal system will be punished by the same system. They will not be acquitted.
Proverbs 19:5
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Proverbs 19:5
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Proverbs 19:9
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Proverbs 19:9
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9 The false witness will not go unpunished,
and whoever utters lies will perish.
Proverbs 19:9
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Proverbs 19:9
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9 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and whoever pours out lies will perish.(A)
Proverbs 24:28
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Proverbs 24:28
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28 Do not testify falsely against your neighbor(A)
and so deceive with your lips.
Proverbs 24:28
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Proverbs 24:28
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28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause(A)—
would you use your lips to mislead?
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