Exodus 20:16

The ninth commandment forbids false testimony against your neighbor. Truthfulness protects others and reflects the God of truth.

Cross-references · 19

• Prov 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Matt 19:18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
• Ps 15:3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
• Exod 23:1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• Deut 19:15–21One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
• Matt 26:59–60Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
• Prov 10:18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
• Acts 6:13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
• Ps 101:5–7Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
• Exod 23:6–7Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
• Lev 19:11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
• Eph 4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
• 1 Tim 1:10For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
• Prov 11:13A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
• 2 Tim 3:3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
• Jas 4:11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
• 1 Sam 22:8–19That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
• Lev 19:16Thou 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.
• 1 Kgs 21:10–13And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

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