a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.
If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. And the rest shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you.
I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.
Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” And the men of his city, the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones. Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”
Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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