bearing false witness
What does the Bible say about bearing false witness? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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5A false witness shall not go unpunished. And whoever speaks lies will not escape.
16Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests: 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil, 19a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
16You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.
9A false witness shall not go unpunished. And whoever speaks lies will perish.
18He said to him, “Which?” And Jesus said: “You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony.
25Because of this, setting aside lying, speak the truth, each one with his neighbor. For we are all part of one another.
44You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.
1“You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf of the impious.
8But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and drug users, and idolaters, and all liars, these shall be a part of the pool burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”
4Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
9For example: You shall not commit adultery. You shall not kill. You shall not steal. You shall not speak false testimony. You shall not covet. And if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
1Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
20Neither shall you speak false testimony against your neighbor.
23For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.