Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.
Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go about talebearing, among thy people Thou shalt not stand by, over the blood of thy neighbour: I, am Yahweh.
1 Samuel 22:8That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none to uncover mine ear as to the covenanting of my son with the son of Jesse? And none from among you that taketh pity upon me, and that uncovereth mine ear [to this],—that, mine own son, hath stirred up, my servants, against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
Psalms 15:3Hath not carried slander on his tongue, hath not done his friend a wrong, nor, a reproach, taken up against his neighbour;
Proverbs 10:18He that concealeth hatred, hath false lips, and he that sendeth forth slander, the same, is a dullard.
Proverbs 19:5A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape.
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 →