Deuteronomy 5:20
"Neither shall you 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 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
- Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, 17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days; 18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother; 19 then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you. 20 Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of you. 21 Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
- Prov 6:19 : 19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
- Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
- Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
- Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.
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- Exod 20:13-175 verses95%
13 "You shall not murder.
14 "You shall not commit adultery.
15 "You shall not steal.
16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."
- Deut 5:17-193 verses87%
17 "You shall not murder.
18 "Neither shall you commit adultery.
19 "Neither shall you steal.
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21 "Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife; neither shall you desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
- Lev 19:11-133 verses83%
11 "'You shall not steal. "'You shall not lie. "'You shall not deceive one another.
12 "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
13 "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. "'The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
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20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
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1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
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28 Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.
- Lev 19:15-184 verses78%
15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
16 "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. "'You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
- Matt 19:18-192 verses77%
18 He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'
19 'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
- Deut 5:11-122 verses76%
11 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
12 "Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.
- Exod 20:7-93 verses76%
7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 You shall labor six days, and do all your work,
- Deut 19:14-163 verses76%
14 You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
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5 A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
- Prov 25:17-182 verses74%
17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
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5 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
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17 and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.
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29 Don't devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
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9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
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20 You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'"
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33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
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14 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
- Deut 5:7-82 verses73%
7 "You shall have no other gods before me.
8 "You shall not make an engraved image for yourself, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
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19 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"
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3 He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
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27 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;'
- Exod 20:3-42 verses72%
3 "You shall have no other gods before me.
4 "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
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9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another;
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7 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
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2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
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18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;