Proverbs 6:19

What Yahweh Hates

¹⁸ a heart that plots wicked schemes,
feet eager to run to evil,
¹⁹ a lying witness who gives false testimony,
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers. ²⁰ My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

Discord Among Brethren

False Witness

Sows Discord

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me over to the will of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
breathing violence.

Proverbs 6:14

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart—
he stirs up trouble.

Proverbs 12:17

Whoever speaks the truth declares what is right,
but a false witness, deceit.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies perishes.

Exodus 20:16

Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Deuteronomy 19:16-20

“If a malicious witness testifies against someone accusing him of a crime,

1 Kings 21:10-15

Then seat two wicked men opposite him and have them testify against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king!” Then take him out and stone him to death.

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses come forward;
they question me about things I do not know.

Proverbs 16:28

A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.

Proverbs 22:10

Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.

Proverbs 25:18

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 26:20

Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Matthew 26:59

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.

Acts 6:13

They also presented false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

2 Timothy 2:23

But reject foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they breed quarrels.

James 3:14-16

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

James 3:18

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.

3 John 1:9-10

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive us.