Exodus 20:16
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 23:6“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
Leviticus 19:16“‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
1 Samuel 22:8Is that why all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
Psalms 15:3he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
Proverbs 10:18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
Proverbs 19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
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 →