Deuteronomy 5:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
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BSBPD
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour--a false testimony.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 5:20 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Deuteronomy 19:16If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
- 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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