Verse 20

You must not offer false testimony against another.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:16 : 16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
• Exod 23:1 : 1 Justice“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
• Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, 17 then both parties to the controversy must stand before the LORD, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days. 18 The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused, 19 you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you. 20 The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you. 21 You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
• 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
• Prov 6:19 : 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
• Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
• Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.