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Bearing False Witness
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A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’
Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.
A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. — read the full passage →
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”
Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, — read the full passage →
If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn’t agree with each other.
A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. — read the full passage →
but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;
If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”
“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
“Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’ — read the full passage →
The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →
in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, — read the full passage →
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
for we walk by faith, not by sight.
They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
“‘If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn’t report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
“‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letteror one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
I and the Father are one.”
God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →
“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →
Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? — read the full passage →
The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →
Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death; — read the full passage →
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,
Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →
Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →
In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. — read the full passage →
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. — read the full passage →
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