False Witness

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.   Exodus 20:16 

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.   Exodus 23:1 

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.   Deuteronomy 5:20 

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.   Deuteronomy 19:16-19 

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.   Psalm 27:12 

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.   Psalm 35:11 

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.   Proverbs 6:19 

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.   Proverbs 12:17 

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.   Proverbs 14:5 

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.   Proverbs 19:5 

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.   Proverbs 19:9 

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.   Proverbs 21:28 

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.   Proverbs 25:18 

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.   Malachi 3:5 

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.   Matthew 15:19, 20 

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,
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.   Matthew 19:18, 19 

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.   Matthew 26:59-61 

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.   Mark 10:19 

For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.   Mark 14:56-58 

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.   Luke 18:20 

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.   Acts 6:13, 14 

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.   Romans 13:9 

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.   1 Corinthians 15:15 

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