Exodus 20:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ You shall not witness falsely against your neighbor. [Exod. 23:1; Prov. 19:9; 24:28.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Do not testify falsely against your neighbor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.

Exodus 20:16 Cross References

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

Matthew 19:18

He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Psalm 15:3

He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Proverbs 10:18

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

James 4:11

Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

1 Timothy 1:10

for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

Acts 6:13

and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:

2 Timothy 3:3

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

Proverbs 11:13

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Leviticus 19:11

Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Luke 3:14

And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither exact anything wrongfully; and be content with your wages.

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 5:20

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Proverbs 25:18

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.