You shall not bear false witness against
your neighbor.
You shall not utter a false report. You
shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness. 2 You
shall not follow a multitude to do evil; nor shall you bear witness in a suit,
turning aside after a multitude, so as to pervert justice; 3 nor
shall you be partial to a poor man in his suit.
You shall not give false testimony
against your neighbor.
A single witness shall not prevail
against a man for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense
that he has committed; only on the evidence of two witnesses, or of three
witnesses, shall a charge be sustained. 16 If
a malicious witness rises against any man to accuse him of wrongdoing, 17 then
both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests
and the judges who are in office in those days; 18 the
judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has
accused his brother falsely, 19 then you
shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother; so you shall purge the
evil from the midst of you. 20 And the rest
shall hear, and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you. 21 Your
eye shall not pity; it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,
hand for hand, foot for foot.
… things which the Lord hates … which
are an abomination to him: a false witness who breathes out lies
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain
of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
He who speaks the truth gives honest
evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.
Sincere lips endure for
ever, the lying tongue lasts only a moment.
Lying lips are abhorrent
to Yahweh; dear to him those who make truth their way of life.
The upright hates a lying
word, but the wicked slanders and defames.
A truthful witness saves lives, but one
who utters lies is a betrayer.
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who utters lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who utters lies will perish.
A perjured witness holds the law in
scorn; the mouth of the wicked feasts on evil-doing.
The false witness will
perish, but no one who knows how to listen will ever be silenced.
Yahweh’s eyes protect
knowledge, but He confounds deceitful speech
Don't give evidence against others
without good reason, or say misleading things about them.
A false accusation is as deadly as a
sword, a club, or a sharp arrow.
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads
a net for his feet.
Do not lie to one another, for you have
put off the old self with its habits
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