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Related Verses

Exodus 20:16
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 5:20
“‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 19:16–19
If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

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