Proverbs 12:17

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,

Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ,

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

“ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another.

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and plunder, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people,” says the Lord Yahweh.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Truth’s lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.

The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

Yahweh of Armies says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.”

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!”

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,

Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”

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

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.