¹⁷ 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,

¹ "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

¹⁹ Truth's lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only momentary.

² Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.

³ What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, You deceitful tongue?

⁴ Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.

³ Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To kill those who are upright in the way.

⁹ She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

¹⁰ and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king. Then carry him out, and stone him to death.

¹¹ The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

¹² They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

¹³ The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

¹⁷ It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?

¹⁶ "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

¹⁴ that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.