Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

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WEBBE

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

BSB

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

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.

BBE

Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–9

In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling, and of true political wisdom. Every thing in it is suited to the desired and avowed object, the worship of one only God, and the separation of Israel from the pagan world. Neither parties, friends, witnesses, nor common opinions, must move us to lessen great faults, to aggravate small ones, excuse offenders, accuse the innocent, or misrepresent any thing.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.