Exodus 20:16 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תַעֲנֶ֥ה	ta.'a.Neh	you must testify	H6030 →
בְרֵעֲךָ֖	ve.re.'a.Kha	against neighbor your	H7453 →
עֵ֥ד	'ed	testimony of	H5707 →
שָֽׁקֶר׃ ס	Sha.ker	falsehood	H8267 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 23:1
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
leads to
- Psalms 101:5
  Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Proverbs 19:5
  A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
Through
Psalms 15:3
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
leads to
- Romans 13:10
  Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Psalms 101:5–8
  Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Matthew 7:12
  In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
- James 4:11
  Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of…
- Leviticus 19:16
  You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
Through
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
leads to
- Proverbs 21:28
  A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Deuteronomy 5:20You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.Matthew 19:18“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,Psalms 15:3who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.Deuteronomy 19:15–21A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.Matthew 26:59–60Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.Luke 3:14Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.Leviticus 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.Ephesians 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.Exodus 23:6–7You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.Psalms 101:5–7Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.Proverbs 11:13A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.James 4:11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.2 Timothy 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

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