Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

In Context

2Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbor.

Deuteronomy 5:20Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

2 Samuel 16:3And the king said, And where is the son of thy master? and Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.

1 Kings 21:10And the son of Hadad sent to him, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for foxes to all the people, even my infantry.

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 →

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