Description of Calumny
Exodus 23:1
You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.…


Apelles painted her thus: There sits a man with great and open ears, inviting Calumny, with his hand held out, to come to him; and two women, Ignorance and Suspicion, stand near him. Calumny breaks out in a fury; her countenance is comely and beautiful, her eyes sparkle like fire, and her face is inflamed with anger; she holds a lighted torch in her left hand, and with her right twists a young man's neck, who holds up his hands in prayer to the gods. Before her goes Envy, pale and nasty; on her side are Fraud and Conspiracy; behind her follows Repentance, clad in mourning, and her clothes torn, with her head turned backwards, as if she looked for Truth, who comes slowly after.

(A. Tooke.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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




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