Exo 23:1, Lev 19:11, Deu 19:16-21, Job 22:23, Pro 4:14-15, Isa 33:15, Luk 3:14 | ESV | STEP | You shall not spread a false report . You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness .

k[See ver. 13 above]

lSee Ex. 21:23, 24

m[ch. 8:5, 6; 11:13, 14; Mal. 3:7]

n Jer. 24:6; 33:7

o ch. 11:14

p ch. 1:15; Ps. 1:1

q[Ps. 15:2; 24:4]

r Ps. 119:37

s[See ver. 10 above]

t[See ver. 13 above]

u 1 Cor. 9:7 (Gk.)

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.

Leviticus 19:11

11 ^c“You shall not steal; ^dyou shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

Deuteronomy 19:16-21

16 If ^ea malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 17 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, ^fbefore the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18 The judges shall ^ginquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19 ^hthen 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. 20 And the rest ^jshall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. 21 ^kYour eye shall not pity. ^lIt shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Job 22:23

23 If you ^mreturn to the Almighty you will be ⁿbuilt up;
if you ^oremove injustice far from your tents,

Proverbs 4:14-15

14 ^pDo not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.

Isaiah 33:15

15 ^qHe who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
^rand shuts his eyes from looking on evil,

Luke 3:14

14 Soldiers also asked him, “And we, ^swhat shall we do?” And he said to them, ^t“Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your ^uwages.”