Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
"'Do not give false evidence against your neighbor.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
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Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. -
Exodus 23:1
¶ Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. -
Proverbs 19:9
¶ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish. -
Proverbs 19:5
¶ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape. -
Proverbs 6:19
A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. -
1 Kings 21:13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. -
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.