Exodus 20:16

New English Translation

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Cross References

Psalm 15:3

He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.

Exodus 23:1

“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 10:18

The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

Proverbs 11:13

The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

Leviticus 19:11

“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

Leviticus 19:16

You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:18

You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Matthew 19:18

“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

Luke 3:14

Then some soldiers also asked him, “And as for us – what should we do?” He told them, “Take money from no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your pay.”

Acts 6:13

They brought forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

Ephesians 4:31

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

Deuteronomy 5:20

You must not offer false testimony against another.

1 Timothy 1:10

sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers – in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.

2 Timothy 3:3

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,

James 4:11

Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.