Exodus 20:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.

Matthew 19:18

He said to him, “Which?” And Jesus said, “You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

Psalm 15:3

who does not slander with his tongue, and does no evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 10:18

He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and he who utters slander is a fool.

James 4:11

Do not speak evil against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

1 Timothy 1:10

immoral persons, sodomites, kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice,

Acts 6:13

and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law;

2 Timothy 3:3

inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good,

Proverbs 11:13

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.

Leviticus 19:11

“You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

Luke 3:14

Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 5:20

“ ‘Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.