Exodus 20:16

You must not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

In Context

15You must not steal from anyone.

17You must not covet your neighbor's house; you must not covet your neighbor's wife, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Cross References

Exodus 23:6Do not thrust aside justice for your poor in his lawsuit.

Leviticus 19:16Do not walk around spreading slander among your people, but seek to protect your neighbor's life. I am Yahweh.

1 Samuel 22:8in exchange for all of you plotting against me? None of you informs me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me. None of you informs me that my son has incited my servant David against me. Today he hides and waits for me so he may attack me.”

Psalms 15:3He does not slander with his tongue, 1 he does not harm others, 1 and he does not insult his neighbor. 1

Proverbs 10:18Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips, 1 and whoever spreads slander is a fool. 1

Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished 1 and he who breathes out lies will 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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