False Witness

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: — read the full passage →

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. — read the full passage →

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: — read the full passage →

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; — read the full passage →

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. — read the full passage →