29 Bible Verses about Witnesses, False

Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood.

Neither shalt thou testify against thy neighbour with a witness of falsehood:

Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong. Thou shalt not follow multitudes to commit wickedness, - neither shalt thou answer in a quarrel, so as to turn away after multitudes to mislead,

Nor swear by my name falsely, - And so profane the name of thy God: I, am Yahweh.

These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul: - Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood; A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;read more.
One that uttereth lies - a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.

Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:

Then were questioning him, soldiers also, saying - What shall, even we, do? And he said unto them - Molest ye, no one, neither accuse falsely; and be content with your supplies.

For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs, - murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus, said - These: Thou shalt not commit murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, - Thou shalt not bear false witness;

The commandments, thou knowest, - Do not commit murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal; Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.

The commandments, thou knowest: - Do not commit adultery, Do not commit murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, - Honour thy father and mother,

A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.

Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence.

There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:

He that whispereth faithfulness, declareth righteousness, but, a false witness, is a fraud.

A faithful witness, will not deceive, but a false witness, uttereth deceitful things.

To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.

An abandoned witness, scorneth justice, and, the mouth of lawless men, swalloweth iniquity.

When there shall rise up a wrongful witness against a man, - to answer against him perversely, then shall the two men who are at variance stand before Yahweh, - before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days; and the judges shall make diligent inquisition, - and lo! if the witness be, a false witness and, falsely, have answered against his brother,read more.
then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to de unto his brother, - so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst; and, they who remain shall hear and fear, - and not go on to do again according to this wicked thing, in thy midst: neither shall thine eye pity, - life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

When any person, shall sin, and shall commit a trespass against Yahweh, - and shall withhold something of the truth from his neighbour in respect of a deposit, or a pledge or anything plundered, or shall use extortion with his neighbour; or shall find something lost and shall withhold some-thing of the truth therein, and shall swear to a falsehood, - as regardeth a single thing of all that a son of earth may do, to commit sin thereby; and so it shall come about that he shall commit sin and then become aware of his guilt, then shall he return the plunder which he had plundered, or the extortion which he had extorted, or the deposit that was deposited with him, - or the lost thing which he hath found:read more.
or in anything as to which he hath been swearing to a falsehood, then shall he make it good in the principal thereof, and the fifth part thereof, shall he add thereunto, - to whomsoever it belongeth, to him, shall he give it in the day he becometh aware of his guilt; but, his guilt-bearer, itself, shall he bring in unto Yahweh, - a ram without defect out of the flock by thine estimate as a guilt-bearer, unto the priest. So shall the priest put a propitiatory-covering over him before Yahweh, and it shall be forgiven him, - on account of any one thing, of all which one might do, so as to become guilty therein.

A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape.

A false witness, shall perish, but, the man who hearkeneth, with abiding effect, shall speak.

For the tyrant, hath vanished, And the scoffer, is no more, Yea cut off are all who watch for iniquity: - Who bring a man into condemnation with a rumour, And for him that decideth in the gate, lay a snare, - And have driven away, for a thing of nought, one who was righteous.

Then said he unto me, This, is the curse, which is going forth over the face of all the earth, - Because, every one who stealeth, on the one side, hath in one way been let off, and, every one who sweareth, on the other side, hath in another way been let off, therefore have I brought it forth, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, And it shall enter - into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth by my name, falsely, - and it shall roost in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, both the timbers thereof, and the stones thereof.

So she wrote letters, in the name of Ahab, and sealed them with his signet-ring, - and sent the letters unto the elders, and unto the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. Now she wrote in the letters, saying, - Proclaim ye a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people; then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die.read more.
So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent unto them, - as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them: they proclaimed a fast, - and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Now, the High-priests and all the High-council, were seeking false-witness against Jesus, that they might, put him to death; and found not any, though many came forward as false-witnesses. At length, however, there came forward, two, and said: This, man said - I am able to pull down the shrine of God, and, in three days, to, build, it.

Now, the High-priest, and all the High-council, were seeking, against Jesus, testimony, with the intent to put him to death, - and were not finding any; for, many, were bearing false-witness against him, and the testimonies were not, agreed. And some, standing up, were bearing false-witness against him, saying -read more.
We, heard him saying, I, will pull down this shrine, the one made by hand, and, in three days, another, not made by hand, will I raise. And, not even so, was the testimony, agreed.

and, being gathered together with the Elders and taking counsel, sufficient pieces of silver, gave they unto the soldiers, - saying - Say ye, His disciples, coming, by night, stole him, while we were sleeping; And, if this be reported unto the governor, we, will persuade him, and will make, you, free from care.read more.
And, they, taking the pieces of silver, did as they were instructed. And this account was spread abroad among the Jews -- until this veryday.

Then, they set on men who were saying - We have heard him speaking profane things against Moses and God. And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes; and, coming upon him, they caught him away, and led him into the high-council. And they set up false witnesses, who said - This man, ceaseth not speaking things against this holy place and the law;read more.
For we have heard him saying - This Jesus the Nazarene, will overthrow this place, and will change the customs which, Moses, delivered unto us.