John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

A lie collapses under its own weight unless the unrighteous prop it up and lend it their support. God calls His people away from this wicked conspiracy: do not associate with liars and the malicious to defame your neighbor. There is little difference between inventing a calumny and keeping it alive.

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Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

False witness in a matter touching a man's life combines lying, perjury, malice, theft, and murder all at once, dressed in the pretense of justice. Slandering and backbiting are species of false witness-bearing; the receiver of slander is as culpable as the thief who stole what he spreads.

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Commenting on Exodus 23:1-9

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

If fewer men were ready to receive every ill thing said of their neighbors, fewer would raise such things in the first place. Judges especially must not easily admit every charge; they must discourage false reports and punish them, and they must not suffer a man known to be an unrighteous witness to give evidence.

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