Verse 20

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:16 : 16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Do not spread a false report, and do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.
  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a malicious witness testifies against someone, accusing him of wrongdoing, 17 both parties to the dispute must stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who are in office at that time. 18 The judges must investigate thoroughly, and if the witness proves to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, 19 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you. 20 Then the rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and they will never again commit such an evil thing among you. 21 You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 Two worthless men came and sat opposite Naboth. They testified against him before the people, saying, 'Naboth has cursed God and the king.' So they took him outside the city, stoned him to death, and he died.
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and one who stirs up conflict among brothers.
  • Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will not escape.
  • Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who breathes out lies will perish.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.