Exodus 23:1
You shall not raise a false report: put not yours hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
Leviticus 19:11All of you shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Deuteronomy 5:20Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbour.
2 Samuel 16:3And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
1 Kings 21:10And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, You did blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: 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 →