hSee Ex. 21:23, 24
iSee Deut. 13:13
Deuteronomy 5:20
20“‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Deuteronomy 19:16-21
16If aa malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 17then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, bbefore the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18The judges shall cinquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19 dthen you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil ▼▼Or evil person
from your midst. 20And the rest fshall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. 21 gYour eye shall not pity. hIt shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 1 Kings 21:10-13
10And set two iworthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, j‘You have cursed ▼▼Hebrew blessed; also verse 13
God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11And the men of his city, lthe elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 mthey proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones. Psalms 27:12
12 nGive me not up to the will of my adversaries;for ofalse witnesses have risen against me,
and they pbreathe out violence.
Psalms 35:11
11 qMalicious ▼▼Or Violent
witnesses rise up;they ask me of things that I do not know.
Proverbs 6:19
19 sa false witness who tbreathes out lies,and one who usows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 12:17
17 vWhoever speaks ▼▼Hebrew breathes out
the truth gives honest evidence,but xa false witness utters deceit.
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