Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Shalt not
An unrighteous witness
General references
Bible References
Shalt not
Exodus 23:7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Exodus 20:16
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the Lord.
2 Samuel 16:3
Then the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’”
2 Samuel 19:27
Moreover, he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is like the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight.
Psalm 15:3 He does not slander with his tongue,
Nordoes evil to his neighbor,
Nortakes up a reproach against his friend;
Nor
Nor
Psalm 101:5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has ahaughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
No one who has a
Psalm 120:3 What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
Youdeceitful tongue?
You
Proverbs 10:18 He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
And he who spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 17:4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips;
Aliar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
A
Proverbs 25:23 The north wind brings forth rain,
And abackbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
And a
Jeremiah 20:10 For I have heard the whispering of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”
All my trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will bedeceived, so that we may prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”
“
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be
And take our revenge on him.”
Matthew 28:14
And if this should come to the governor’s ears, we will win him over and keep you out of trouble.”
Romans 3:8
And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.
An unrighteous witness
Deuteronomy 5:20
‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Deuteronomy 19:16 If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,
1 Kings 21:10
and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
Psalm 27:12 Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
Forfalse witnesses have risen against me,
And such asbreathe out violence.
For
And such as
Psalm 35:11 Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.
They ask me of things that I do not know.
Proverbs 6:19 A false witness who utters lies,
And one whospreads strife among brothers.
And one who
Proverbs 12:17 He who speaks truth tells what is right,
But a false witness, deceit.
But a false witness, deceit.
Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he whotells lies will not escape.
And he who
Proverbs 21:28 A false witness will perish,
But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.
But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.
Proverbs 24:28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
Anddo not deceive with your lips.
And
Proverbs 25:18 Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bearsfalse witness against his neighbor.
Is a man who bears
Matthew 19:18
Then he *said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not commit murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness;
Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.
Luke 3:14
Some soldiers were questioning him, saying, “And what about us, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not take money from anyone by force, or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages.”
Luke 19:8
Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much.”
Acts 6:11
Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”
Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
2 Timothy 3:3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
1 Peter 3:16 and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.
Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.
General references
Genesis 39:17
Then she spoke to him with these words, “The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make sport of me;
Deuteronomy 5:20
‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Deuteronomy 22:14
and charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her, and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,’
Proverbs 14:5 A trustworthy witness will not lie,
But afalse witness utters lies.
But a