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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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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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 19:9
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9 The false witness will not go unpunished,
and whoever utters lies will perish.
Proverbs 24:28
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28 Do not testify falsely against your neighbor(A)
and so deceive with your lips.
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