Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
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Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.
Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.
Deuteronomy 5:20Neither shalt thou beare false witnesse against thy neighbour.
2 Samuel 16:3And the king sayde, But where is thy masters sonne? Then Ziba answered the King, Beholde, he remayneth in Ierusalem: for he sayde, This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdome of my father.
1 Kings 21:10And set two wicked men before him, and let them witnesse against him, saying, Thou diddest blaspheme God and the King: then cary him out, and stone him that he may dye.
Psalms 27:12Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.
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 →