Exodus 20:16
You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 23:6You do not turn aside the judgment of your poor in his strife;
Leviticus 19:16You do not go slandering among your people; you do not stand against the blood of your neighbor; I [am] YHWH.
1 Samuel 22:8For all of you have conspired against me, and there is none uncovering my ear about my son’s cutting [a covenant] with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you grieving for me, and uncovering my ear, that my son has raised up my servant against me, to lie in wait as [at] this day.”
Psalms 15:3He has not slandered by his tongue, || He has not done evil to his friend; And he has not lifted up reproach || Against his neighbor.
Proverbs 10:18Whoever is covering hatred with lying lips, || And whoever is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
Proverbs 19:5A false witness is not acquitted, || Whoever breathes out lies is not delivered.
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 →