Exodus 20:16

The Ten Commandments

¹⁵ Do not steal. ¹⁶ “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. ¹⁷ Do not covet (desire) another man's house. Do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.

Bear False Witness

False Witness

Witness Against You

No

Matthew 19:18

The man replied: Which law? And Jesus said: Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false witness,

Exodus 23:1

Do not spread false rumors. Do not help a guilty person by offering false testimony.

Psalm 15:3

The one who does not malign with his tongue, do evil to a friend, or bring disgrace on his neighbor or close friend.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished. The liar will not escape.

Matthew 26:59-60

The chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death.

Exodus 23:6-7

Do not deny justice to a poor person at his trial.

Leviticus 19:11

Do not steal. Do not deal falsely. Do not lie to one another.

Leviticus 19:16

Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 19:15-21

One witness is not enough to convict someone of a crime, offense, or sin he may have committed. Cases must be settled based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

1 Samuel 22:8-19

All of you are plotting against me. No one informed me when my son entered into a loyalty pledge with Jesse's son. No one felt sorry for me. And no one informed me that my son has encouraged my servant David to ambush me, as he is doing now.

1 Kings 21:10-13

Get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.

Psalm 101:5-7

I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.

Proverbs 10:18

Truly a fool hides hatred with lying lips, and speaks slander.

Proverbs 11:13

A talebearer reveals secrets. He that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.

Acts 6:13

They brought false witnesses, which said: This man will not stop speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and screaming, and abusive speech, be put away (removed) (expiated) from you, along with all malice.

1 Timothy 1:10

It is for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and everything else that is contrary to the sound teaching.

2 Timothy 3:3

unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, despisers of those who are good,

James 4:11

Brothers, do not speak against each other. He who speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.