Deuteronomy 5:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not give false witness against your neighbour;

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 20:13-17
    5 verses
    95%

    13Do not put anyone to death without cause.

    14Do not be false to the married relation.

    15Do not take the property of another.

    16Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

    17Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

  • Deut 5:17-19
    3 verses
    87%

    17Do not put anyone to death without cause.

    18Do not be false to the married relation.

    19Do not take the property of another.

  • Deut 5:21
    85%

    21Or let your desire be turned to your neighbour's wife, or his house or his field or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is your neighbour's.

  • Lev 19:11-13
    3 verses
    83%

    11Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

    12And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

    13Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

  • Lev 18:20
    79%

    20And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

  • Exod 23:1
    79%

    1Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

  • Prov 24:28
    78%

    28Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

  • Lev 19:15-18
    4 verses
    78%

    15Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

    16Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

    17Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

    18Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

  • Matt 19:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

    19Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Deut 5:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.

    12Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God.

  • Exod 20:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

    8Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

    9On six days do all your work:

  • Deut 19:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

    15One witness may not make a statement against a man in relation to any sin or wrongdoing which he has done: on the word of two or three witnesses a question is to be judged.

    16If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

  • Prov 14:5
    75%

    5A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

    18One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 19:5
    74%

    5A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

  • Zech 8:17
    74%

    17Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

  • Prov 3:29
    74%

    29Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

  • Rom 13:9
    74%

    9And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Luke 18:20
    74%

    20You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.

  • Matt 5:33
    74%

    33Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

  • Lev 25:14
    73%

    14And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7You are to have no other gods but me.

    8You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth:

  • Mark 10:19
    73%

    19You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

  • Ps 15:3
    73%

    3Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

  • Matt 5:27
    72%

    27You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3You are to have no other gods but me.

    4You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

  • Prov 25:9
    71%

    9Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

  • Exod 23:7
    71%

    7Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

  • Lev 6:2
    71%

    2Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.

  • Deut 19:18
    71%

    18And 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,