Exodus 23:1

1 a“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a bmalicious witness.

Deuteronomy 19:16-21

16If ca malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 17then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, dbefore the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18The judges shall einquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19 fthen 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 hshall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. 21 iYour eye shall not pity. jIt shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Psalms 120:3-4

3 What shall be given to you,
kand what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?
4 lA warrior’s msharp arrows,
with glowing ncoals of the broom tree!

Proverbs 6:19

19 oa false witness who pbreathes out lies,
and one who qsows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 19:9

9 rA false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who sbreathes out lies will perish.

Proverbs 21:28

28 tA false witness will perish,
but the word of a man who hears will endure.

Daniel 6:24

24And the king commanded, and uthose men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lionsthey, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

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