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False Witness

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Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Proverbs 6:16–19

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

Mark 10:19

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.’”

Exodus 23:1–3

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. — read the full passage →

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

John 8:44

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.

Revelation 21:8

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.”

Matthew 5:33–37

“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 →

Galatians 5:14

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Ezekiel 13:6–9

They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, Yahweh says; but Yahweh has not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed. — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn’t send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.

Leviticus 19:12

“‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

Exodus 20:1–26

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

Isaiah 30:8–11

Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever. — read the full passage →

Romans 13:9

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.”

Matthew 23:27

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

Proverbs 14:5

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

Exodus 23:7

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

James 5:12

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Isaiah 28:15

“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’”

Leviticus 19:16

“‘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.

John 3:16

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.

Deuteronomy 5:20

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Leviticus 19:11

“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.

Revelation 1:1

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,

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

Mark 14:55

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

Proverbs 12:17

He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.

Psalms 27:12

Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

Deuteronomy 19:16–21

If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 19:16

If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

Ephesians 5:25

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

Acts 6:11

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

Luke 3:14

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.”

Mark 14:56

For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn’t agree with each other.

Matthew 19:18

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.’

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Matthew 28:13–15

saying, “Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. — read the full passage →

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