Exodus 20:16
16 a“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Exodus 23:1
1 b“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a cmalicious witness.Deuteronomy 19:16-21
16If da malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 17then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, ebefore the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18The judges shall finquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19 gthen 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 ishall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. 21 jYour eye shall not pity. kIt shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 1 Kings 21:13
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.Proverbs 6:19
19 la false witness who mbreathes out lies,and one who nsows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 19:5
5 oA false witness will not go unpunished,and he who pbreathes out lies will not escape.
Proverbs 19:9
9 qA false witness will not go unpunished,and he who rbreathes out lies will perish.
Malachi 3:5
5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be sa swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those twho oppress the hired worker in his wages, uthe widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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