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23 (A)“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a (B)malicious witness.

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(A)Keep far from a false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (C)I will not acquit the wicked.

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60 but they found none, (A)though many false witnesses came forward. At last (B)two came forward 61 and said, “This man said, (C)‘I am able to (D)destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.’”

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10 And set two (A)worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, (B)‘You have cursed[a] God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11 And the men of his city, (C)the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 (D)they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:10 Hebrew blessed; also verse 13

11 Then (A)they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, 13 and they (B)set up false (C)witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against (D)this holy place and the law,

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