Exodus 23:1 References

1 "aYou shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a bmalicious witness.

b Deuteronomy 19:16-21, Psalms 35:11, Proverbs 19:5, Acts 6:11


Deuteronomy 19

16 "aIf a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,
17 then both the men who have the dispute shall stand abefore the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.
18 "The judges ashall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has accused his brother falsely,
19 then ayou shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
20 "aThe rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you.
21 "Thus ayou shall not show pity: blife for life, ceye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Psalms 35

11 aMalicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.

Proverbs 19

5 A afalse witness will not go unpunished, And he who btells lies will not escape.

Acts 6

11 Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God."