Deuteronomy 5:20

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You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 20:13-17
    5 verses
    95%

    13You shall not murder.

    14You shall not commit adultery.

    15You shall not steal.

    16You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

    17You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

  • Deut 5:17-19
    3 verses
    87%

    17You shall not murder.

    18You shall not commit adultery.

    19You shall not steal.

  • Deut 5:21
    85%

    21You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

  • Lev 19:11-13
    3 verses
    83%

    11Do not steal. Do not deceive or lie to one another.

    12Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

    13Do not oppress or rob your neighbor. Do not withhold the wages of a hired worker overnight.

  • Lev 18:20
    79%

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

  • Exod 23:1
    79%

    1Do not spread a false report, and do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.

  • Prov 24:28
    78%

    28Do not be a false witness against your neighbor or deceive with your lips.

  • Lev 19:15-18
    4 verses
    78%

    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

    16Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.

    17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.

    18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Matt 19:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18The man asked, "Which ones?" Jesus answered, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

    19'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

  • Deut 5:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who takes His name in vain.

    12Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

  • Exod 20:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.

    8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

  • Deut 19:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

    15One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

    16If a malicious witness testifies against someone, accusing him of wrongdoing,

  • Prov 14:5
    75%

    5A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

    18Like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

  • Prov 19:5
    74%

    5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will not escape.

  • Zech 8:17
    74%

    17Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

  • Prov 3:29
    74%

    29Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

  • Rom 13:9
    74%

    9For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

  • Luke 18:20
    74%

    20You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'

  • Matt 5:33
    74%

    33Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'Do not break your oaths, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.'

  • Lev 25:14
    73%

    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Deut 5:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7You shall have no other gods before Me.

    8You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

  • Mark 10:19
    73%

    19'You know the commandments: "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother."'

  • Ps 15:3
    73%

    3Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to his neighbor, and does not bring disgrace upon a relative.

  • Matt 5:27
    72%

    27You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3You shall have no other gods before Me.

    4You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth.

  • Prov 25:9
    71%

    9Debate your case with your neighbor, but do not reveal another’s secret.

  • Exod 23:7
    71%

    7Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Lev 6:2
    71%

    2Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain on the hearth of the altar all night until morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning.

  • Deut 19:18
    71%

    18The judges must investigate thoroughly, and if the witness proves to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,