Bible Verses about “false witness”

“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

“‹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.›”

“These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:”

“A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,”

“A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”

“An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,”

“Thou shalt not kill.”

“‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›”

“‹Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.›”

“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;”

“‹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 I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:›”

“‹Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.›”

“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:”

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”

“¶ ‹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:›”

“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.”

“Thou shalt not commit adultery.”

“For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”

“Thou shalt not steal.”

“But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:”

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.”

“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.”

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.”

“Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:”

“And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”

“I [am] the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.”

“And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.”

“¶ And God spake all these words, saying,”

“Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.”

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

“Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.”

“An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.”

“¶ And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.”

“And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

“And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.”

“And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God [was].”

“¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.”

“¶ 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.”

“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:”

“‹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.›”

“Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.”