Leviticus 19:16
Good News Translation
Do not spread lies about anyone, and when someone is on trial for his life, speak out if your testimony can help him. I am the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit by the blood of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
Don't be a gossip, but never hesitate to speak up in court, especially if your testimony can save someone's life.

New American Bible
You shall not go about spreading slander among your people; nor shall you stand by idly when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

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Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

Psalm 15:3 He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

Proverbs 11:13 Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

Proverbs 20:19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

Jeremiah 6:28 All these princes go out of the way, they walk deceitfully, they are brass and iron: they are all corrupted.

Jeremiah 9:4 Let every man take heed of his neighbour, and let him not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.

Ezekiel 22:9 Slanderers have been in thee to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains in thee, they have committed wickedness in the midst of thee.

1 Timothy 3:11 The women in like manner: chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.

2 Timothy 3:3 Without affection, without peace, slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful, without kindness,

Titus 2:3 The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well:

1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying away all malice and all guile and dissimulations and envies and all detractions,

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Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Exodus 23:1,7 Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person. . . .

1 Kings 21:10-13 And suborn two men, sons of Belial, against him. and let them bear false witness; that he hath blasphemed God and the king: and then carry him out, and stone him, and so let him die. . . .

Matthew 26:60,61 And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses: . . .

Matthew 27:4 Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? Look thou to it.

Acts 6:11-13 Then they suborned men to say they had heard him speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God. . . .

Acts 24:4-9 But that I be no further tedious to thee, I desire thee of thy clemency to hear us in a few words. . . .

Context
Love Your Neighbor
15Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice. 16Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: But reprove him openly, lest thou incur sin through him.…
Cross References
Exodus 23:7
Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.

Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Job 17:5
He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.

Psalm 15:3
He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

Proverbs 11:13
Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

Jeremiah 6:28
All these princes go out of the way, they walk deceitfully, they are brass and iron: they are all corrupted.

Jeremiah 9:4
Let every man take heed of his neighbour, and let him not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.

Ezekiel 22:9
Slanderers have been in thee to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains in thee, they have committed wickedness in the midst of thee.

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