Topic
False Witness
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A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →
the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'
`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness. — read the full passage →
`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.
`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.
and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'
`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths; — read the full passage →
for all the law in one word is fulfilled--in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
They have seen vanity, and lying divination, Who are saying: An affirmation of Jehovah, And Jehovah hath not sent them, And they have hoped to establish a word. — read the full passage →
Lo, I <FI>am<Fi> against the prophets of false dreams, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they recount them, and cause my people to err, By their falsehoods, and by their instability, And I--I have not sent them, Nor have I commanded them, And they are not at all profitable to this people, An affirmation of Jehovah.
`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →
No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age, — read the full passage →
for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;
A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
A false witness <FI>who<Fi> doth breathe out lies--And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
Because ye have said: `We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'
`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour--a false testimony.
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, <FI>Is<Fi> the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;
And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony--to put him to death, and they were not finding,
A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
Whoso uttereth faithfulness declareth righteousness, And a false witness--deceit.
Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy, — read the full passage →
`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy,
The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
then they suborned men, saying--`We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'
And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'
for many were bearing false testimony against him, and their testimonies were not alike.
He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,
A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
saying, `Say ye, that his disciples having come by night, stole him--we being asleep; — read the full passage →
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