Deuteronomy 5:20

Basic Stipulations

¹⁹ ‘You shall not steal. ²⁰ ‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. ²¹ ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

Bear False Witness

False Witness

Witness Against You

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Deuteronomy 19:16-21

If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

1 Kings 21:13

Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness who utters lies,
And one who spreads strife among brothers.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who tells lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who tells lies will perish.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.