Gen 39:17
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
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Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. {raise: or, receive}
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall perish.
What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, {Art} thou he that troubleth Israel?
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue {is} but for a moment.
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall not escape. {unpunished: Heb. held innocent}
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: {loud: Heb. great}
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: {on high...: Heb. in the top of the people}
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, {and} to slay such as be of upright conversation. {such...: Heb. the upright of way}
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, {and} from a deceitful tongue.
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: {a quarrel: or, an inward grudge}
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: {loud: Heb. great}
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,