Bible verse
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Exodus 23:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 23.
1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
2 You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
3 And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
4 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
KJV
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
ASV
Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
ERV
Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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