Exodus 23:1

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

Revised Version 1895

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 follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest judgment:

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Cross References

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

Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Deuteronomy 5:20Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

2 Samuel 16:3And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

1 Kings 21:10and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.

Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

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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