Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

In Context

15Thou shalt not kill.

17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbor.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.

Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not walk deceitfully among thy people; thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord your God.

1 Samuel 22:8that ye are all conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is no one of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as it is this day?

Psalms 15:3On behalf of the saints that are in his land, 1 He has magnified all his pleasure in them. 1

Proverbs 10:18Righteous lips cover enmity; 1 But they that utter railings are most foolish. 1

Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, 1 And he that accuses unjustly shall not escape. 1

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 →

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