Leviticus 19:16
You do not go slandering among your people; you do not stand against the blood of your neighbor; I [am] YHWH.
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Exodus 20:16You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.
Exodus 23:7you keep far off from a false matter, and you do not slay an innocent and righteous man; for I do not justify a wicked man.
1 Kings 21:10and cause two men—sons of worthlessness—to sit opposite him, and they testify of him, saying, You have blessed [[ or cursed]] God and [the] king; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dies.”
Psalms 50:20You sit, you speak against your brother, || You give slander against a son of your mother.
Proverbs 10:18Whoever is covering hatred with lying lips, || And whoever is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
Proverbs 20:19The busybody is a revealer of secret counsels, || And do not make yourself guarantor for a deceiver [with] his lips.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:12-19
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord . 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the… Read the whole commentary →