Exodus 23:1
“You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf of the impious.
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Exodus 20:16You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.
Leviticus 19:11You shall not steal. You shall not lie. Neither shall anyone deceive his neighbor.
Deuteronomy 5:20Neither shall you speak false testimony against your neighbor.
2 Samuel 16:3And the king said, “Where is the son of your lord?” And Ziba answered the king: “He remained in Jerusalem, saying, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’”
1 Kings 21:10And send out two men, sons of Belial, against him. And let them speak the false testimony: ‘He has blasphemed God and king.’ And then lead him away, and stone him, and so let him die.”
Matthew Henry on Exodus 23:1
This chapter continues and concludes the acts that passed in the first session (if I may so call it) upon Mount Sinai. Here are, I. Some laws of universal obligation, relating especially to the ninth commandment, against bearing false witness ( ver. 1 ), and giving false judgment, ver. 2, 3 , 6-8 . Also a law of doing good to our enemies ( ver. 4, 5 ), and not oppressing strangers, ver. 9 . II. Some laws peculiar to the Jews. The sabbatical year ( ver. 10, 11 ), the three annual feasts ( ver. 14-17 ), with some… Read the whole commentary →