The Ten Commandments
Deuteronomy 5:20
In 10 translations
- BSB
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Cited in Matthew 19:18, Mark 10:19, and Luke 18:20
- KJV
- Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- WEB
- “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- ASV
- Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
- LSV
- You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.
- YLT
- 'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour — a false testimony.
- DBY
- Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- DRC
- Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- GNV
- Neither shalt thou beare false witnesse against thy neighbour.
- LXXE
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְלֹֽא־תַעֲנֶ֥ה בְרֵֽעֲךָ֖ עֵ֥ד שָֽׁוְא׃
- LXX-Br
- Οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις κατὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου μαρτυρίαν ψευδῆ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MosesNeighborTableFalse TeachersDecalogueEthicsHard; Hardiness; Harddiness; HardlyTen Commandments, TheArk of the CovenantSlander
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
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Cross-references most cited first
- Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- Deuteronomy 19:16–21If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. The judges shall…
- Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
- 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).