Exodus 20:16

The Scriptures 1998

“You do not bear false witness against your neighbour.

Cross References

Psalm 15:3

He has not slandered with his tongue, He has not done evil to his neighbour, Nor lifted up a reproach against his friend;

Exodus 23:1

“Do not bring a false report. Do not put your hand with the wrong to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 10:18

He who hides hatred has lying lips, And he who sends out a slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:13

A slanderer is a revealer of secrets, But one with a trustworthy spirit conceals a matter.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness does not go unpunished, And he who breaths out lies does not escape.

Proverbs 25:18

A man bearing false witness against his neighbour Is like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Leviticus 19:11

‘Do not steal, do not lie, do not deceive one another.

Leviticus 19:16

‘Do not go slandering among your people. Do not stand against the blood of your neighbour. I am יהוה.

Leviticus 19:18

‘Do not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people. And you shall love your neighbour as yourself. I am יהוה.

Matthew 19:18

He said to Him, “Which?” And יהושע  said, “ ‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’

Luke 3:14

And soldiers also asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.”

Acts 6:13

And they set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this set-apart place and the Torah,

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and displeasure, and uproar, and slander be put away from you, along with all evil.

Deuteronomy 5:20

‘You do not bear false witness against your neighbour.

1 Timothy 1:10

for those who whore, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and for whatever else that is contrary to sound teaching,

2 Timothy 3:3

unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, haters of good,

James 4:11

Brothers, do not speak against one another. He that speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against Torah and judges Torah. And if you judge Torah, you are not a doer of Torah but a judge.