Exodus 20:16

Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

In Context

15Thou schalt `do no theft.

17Thou schalt not coueyte `the hous of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt desyre his wijf, not seruaunt, not handmaide, not oxe, not asse, nether alle thingis that ben hise.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:6Thou schalt not bowe in the doom of a pore man.

Leviticus 19:16Thou schalt not be a sclaunderere, nether a priuey bacbitere in the puplis; thou schalt not stonde ayens the blood of thi neiybore + 19:16 Thou schalt not stonde ayenus the blood of thi neiybore, ioynyng thee with hem that ymagynen the deth of the innocent. ; Y am the Lord.

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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