Exodus 23:1 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 23:1

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

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

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

WEB

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

YLT

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

DBT

Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

About this book

Old Testament

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Cross-references

44 verses on the floor

Psalms 101:5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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This is charity to our neighbour's good name, and doing as we would be done by. The judges are here cautioned not to pervert judgment. (1.) They must not be overruled, either by might or multitude, to go against their consciences in giving judgment,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Thou shalt not raise, the margin reads, Thou shalt not receive a false report, for sometimes the receiver in this case is as bad as the thief; and a backbiting tongue would not do so much mischief, if it were not countenanced.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EXO 23:1EXO 20:16 PSA 15:3
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 23:1EXO 20:16 PRO 19:5
EXO 23:1EXO 20:16 MAT 19:18
EXO 23:1EXO 20:16 MAT 26:59-60
EXO 23:1EXO 20:16 DEU 19:15-21
EXO 23:1PRO 19:5 PRO 21:28
EXO 23:1PRO 19:5 PRO 6:19
EXO 23:1PSA 101:5 PSA 18:27

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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