Exodus 20:16

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

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

WEB

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

ASV

Thou shalt not 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

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

DRC

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

GNV

Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.

LXXE

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לֹֽא־תַעֲנֶ֥ה בְרֵעֲךָ֖ עֵ֥ד שָֽׁקֶר׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις κατὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου μαρτυρίαν ψευδῆ.

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• Sinai and the Ten Commandments After leaving Egypt, Israel camps at Sinai, where God gives commandments amid thunder, smoke and a trembling mountain. Beginning with his re…

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
• Matthew 19:18“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
• Psalms 15:3who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
• Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
• Matthew 26:59–60Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
• Deuteronomy 19:15–21A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. If a false…
• Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
• Ephesians 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
• Psalms 101:5–7Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure. My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the…
• Leviticus 19:11You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
• Exodus 23:6–7You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits. Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
• 1 Samuel 22:8–19Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up…
• Proverbs 11:13A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
• 1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
• James 4:11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

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