Leviticus 19:16
'Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I [am] Jehovah.
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Exodus 20:16'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.
Exodus 23:7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
1 Kings 21:10and cause two men — sons of worthlessness — to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.'
Psalms 50:20Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
Proverbs 10:18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
Proverbs 20:19A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:12-19
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord . 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the… Read the whole commentary →