Exodus 23:1
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
חָמָס
châmâç
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
עֵד
ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Key Terms in This Verse
קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →עֵד ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Study H5707 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused the...
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
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