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What does the Bible say about false witness?

18 verses about false witness, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about false witness

  1. Exodus 23:1 — Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 12 votes
  2. Proverbs 19:5 — A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. 12 votes
  3. Proverbs 6:16 — These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 10 votes
  4. 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. 6 votes
  5. Exodus 20:16 — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 5 votes
  6. John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 5 votes
  7. Revelation 21:8 — But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 4 votes
  8. Matthew 5:33 — Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 3 votes
  9. Exodus 20:1 — And God spake all these words, saying, 2 votes
  10. Exodus 23:7 — Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. 2 votes
  11. Leviticus 19:12 — And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 2 votes
  12. Proverbs 6:19 — A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. 2 votes
  13. Proverbs 14:5 — A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. 2 votes
  14. Isaiah 30:8 — Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 2 votes
  15. Jeremiah 23:32 — Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. 2 votes
  16. Ezekiel 13:6 — They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. 2 votes
  17. Matthew 23:27 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. 2 votes
  18. Galatians 5:14 — For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 2 votes

Where these verses are

Exodus (4), Proverbs (4), Matthew (2), Leviticus (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Mark (1), John (1), Galatians (1), Revelation (1)

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Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.