Verse 20

Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:16 : 16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
• Exod 23:1 : 1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
• Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong, 17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power; 18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother, 19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you. 20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you. 21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
• 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
• Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
• Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
• Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.