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Leviticus 19:16

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¶ 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.
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  1. Exodus 23:1Rank 1 from verse 16
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    1THOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

  2. Exodus 23:7Rank 2 from verse 16
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    7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  3. Proverbs 20:19Rank 3 from verse 16
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    19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

  4. Ezekiel 22:9Rank 4 from verse 16
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    9In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

  5. Proverbs 11:13Rank 5 from verse 16
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    13A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

  6. Jeremiah 6:28Rank 6 from verse 16
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    28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

  7. Jeremiah 9:4Rank 7 from verse 16
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    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

  8. 1 Kings 21:10–13Rank 8 from verse 16
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    10And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

    11And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

    12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

    13And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

  9. 1 Peter 2:1Rank 9 from verse 16
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

  10. Acts 6:11–13Rank 10 from verse 16
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    11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

    12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

    13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

  11. Exodus 20:16Rank 11 from verse 16
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    16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  12. Psalms 15:3Rank 12 from verse 16
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    3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

  13. 1 Timothy 3:11Rank 13 from verse 16
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    11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

  14. 2 Timothy 3:3Rank 14 from verse 16
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    3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

  15. Matthew 26:60–61Rank 15 from verse 16
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    60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

    61And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

  16. Titus 2:3Rank 16 from verse 16
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    3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

  17. Acts 24:4–9Rank 17 from verse 16
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    4Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.

    5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

    6Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

    7But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,

    8Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

    9And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

  18. Matthew 27:4Rank 18 from verse 16
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    4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

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Leviticus 19:16

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

talebearer

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One who goes about spreading reports or revealing private matters, causing harm or strife.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stand

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Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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