Exodus 23:1
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
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Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Leviticus 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
Deuteronomy 5:20You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
2 Samuel 16:3“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
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 →