Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the life of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah.
1 Samuel 22:8that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made [a covenant] with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day?
Psalms 15:3[He that] slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;
Proverbs 10:18He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.
Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:13-18
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. We have here the laws of the second table, as they are commonly… Read the whole commentary →