Exodus 20:16

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• Proverbs 19:5
  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
• Matthew 19:18
  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,“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
• Psalm 15:3
  He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
• Exodus 23:1
  Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
• Matthew 26:59-60
  ⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; ⁶⁰ But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. ⁶⁰ But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
• Deuteronomy 19:15-21
  ¹⁵ One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. ¹⁶ If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; ¹⁷ 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; ¹⁸ And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;¹⁵ A 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. ¹⁶ If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, ¹⁷ 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. ¹⁸ The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,
• Proverbs 10:18
  He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Acts 6:13
  And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
• Exodus 23:6-7
  ⁶ Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. ⁷ Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.⁶ You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits. ⁷ Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
• Ephesians 4:31
  Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

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• False accusation
• Law of Moses
• Lying
• Neighbors
• Ten Commandments