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Bearing false witness and lying to hurt someone

What the King James Bible says about bearing false witness and lying to hurt someone — every relevant verse, gathered in one place, with nothing added.

45 King James verses · Bible order · Scripture only, King James only

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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. raise: or, receive

Leviticus 5:1

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Deuteronomy 5:20

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Deuteronomy 19:16

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; that...: or, falling away

Deuteronomy 19:18

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

Psalms 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalms 35:11

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. False...: Heb. Witnesses of wrong they...: Heb. they asked me

Psalms 109:2

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. of the deceitful: Heb. of deceit are opened: Heb. have opened themselves

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. A false...: Heb. Balances of deceit just...: Heb. perfect stone

Proverbs 12:17

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. unpunished: Heb. held innocent

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood

Proverbs 20:23

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. a false...: Heb. balance of deceit

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. A...: Heb. A witness of lies

Proverbs 25:14

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. of a...: Heb. in a gift of falsehood

Proverbs 25:18

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Isaiah 59:13

In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Jeremiah 8:8

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. in vain made...: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Jeremiah 29:23

Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 37:14

Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. false: Heb. falsehood, or, a lie

Lamentations 3:10

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

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. oppress: or, defraud

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. falsely: Gr. lying

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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,

Matthew 24:11

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Matthew 24:24

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Matthew 26:58

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Matthew 26:59

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

Mark 10:19

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

Mark 14:56

For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.

Mark 14:57

And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

Luke 18:20

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

John 5:31

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

John 5:32

There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

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:

Romans 13:9

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

1 Corinthians 15:15

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
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