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Leviticus 19:16

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16nYou shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not ostand up against the life1 of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Hebrew blood

Cross references

  1. nProv. 11:13; 20:19
  2. oEx. 23:1, 7; [Matt. 26:60, 61]; See 1 Kgs. 21:10–13; Acts 6:11–13

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people.

“ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not go about spreading slander among your people; do not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people.

“Do not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is threatened. I am the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You shall not go about with slander among your people; you shall not endanger your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.