False Teachers

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• See Teachers, False
• FALSE WITNESSExodus 20:16Exodus 23:1Leviticus 6:3Leviticus 19:11Leviticus 19:12Leviticus 19:16Deuteronomy 5:20Deuteronomy 19:16–20Psalms 27:12Psalms 35:11Proverbs 6:16–19Proverbs 12:17Proverbs 14:5Proverbs 14:8Proverbs 14:25Proverbs 18:5Proverbs 19:9Proverbs 19:22Proverbs 19:28Proverbs 21:28
• See Perjury
• See Falsehood
• See Evidence, Laws Concerning
• See Witness
• INSTANCES OF
• Witnesses
• Against Naboth1 Kings 21:13
• Against JesusMatthew 26:59–61Mark 14:54–59
• Against StephenActs 6:11Acts 6:13
• Against PaulActs 16:20Acts 16:21Acts 17:5–7Acts 24:5Acts 25:7Acts 25:8

The passages, in Bible order (42)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 20:16

   You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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   “Thou shalt not bear false witness, etc. - Not only false oaths, to deprive a man of his life or of his right, are here prohibited, but all whispering, tale-bearing, slander, and calumny; in a word, whatever is deposed as a truth, which is false in fact, and tends to injure another in his goods, person, or character, is against the spirit and letter of this law.

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2. Exodus 23:1

   “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 23:11 voice

   “These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence in legal causes. Compare 1Ki 21:10; Act 6:11. Exo 23:2 This verse might be more strictly rendered, “Thou shalt not follow the many to evil; neither shalt thou bear witness in a cause so as to incline after the many to pervert justice.” Exo 23:3 Countenance - Rather, show partiality to a man’s cause because he is poor (compare Lev 19:15).

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3. Leviticus 6:3

   or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 6:32 voices

   “Have found that which was lost - The Roman lawyers laid it down as a sound maxim of jurisprudence, “that he who found any property and applied it to his own use, should be considered as a thief whether he knew the owner or not; for in their view the crime was not lessened, supposing the finder was totally ignorant of the right owner.” Qui alienum quid jacens lucri faciendi causa sustulit, furti obstringitur, sive scit, cujus sit, sive ignoravit; nihil enim ad furtum minuendum, facit, quod, cujus sit, ignoret - Digestor, lib. xlvii., Tit. ii., de furtis, Leg. xliii., sec.

   “Though all the instances relate to our neighbour, yet it is called a trespass against the Lord, because, though the injury be done immediately to our neighbour, yet an affront is thereby given to his Maker and our Master. He that speaks evil of his brother is said to speak evil of the law, and consequently of the Law-maker, Jam. iv.

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4. Leviticus 19:11

   You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.

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   “Ye shall not steal,.... Which is the eighth command; See Gill on Exo 20:15; though Jarchi thinks something different from that law is here intended; that this is a caution against stealing of money, that in the decalogue against stealing of souls, or men.

   “Lev 19:11 forbids injuries perpetrated by craft; Lev 19:13, those perpetrated by violence or power, the conversion of might into right. In Lev 19:13 “defraud” should rather be, oppress.

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5. Leviticus 19:12

   You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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6. Leviticus 19:16

   You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 19:161 voice

   “Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer - רכיל rachil signifies a trader, a peddler, and is here applied to the person who travels about dealing in scandal and calumny, getting the secrets of every person and family, and retailing them wherever he goes. A more despicable character exists not: such a person is a pest to society, and should be exiled from the habitations of men.

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7. Deuteronomy 5:20

   You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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8. Deuteronomy 19:16–20

   If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:16–201 voice

   “Testify against him that which is wrong - Margin, more literally, “a falling away.” The word is used Deu 13:5 to signify apostasy or revolt; here it is no doubt to be understood in the wider sense of any departure from the Law.

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9. 1 Kings 21:13

   And 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.

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   “And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him,.... Which position showed that they were his accusers, and had a charge against him; it being usual for the accusers and accused to be set face to face, as it was the manner of the Romans in later times, Act 25:

   “Naboth had sons who were also put to death at this time (marginal reference). It is not improbable that they were stoned together with their parent (compare Jos 7:24-25). In the East, a parent’s guilt constantly involves the punishment of his children. Contrast 2Ki 14:6.

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10. Psalms 27:12

    Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

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    “Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies; or I should be like a victim cast to the lions, to be rent in pieces and utterly devoured. God be thanked that our foes cannot have their way with us, or Smithfield would soon be on a blaze again. For false witnesses are risen up against me. Slander is an old fashioned weapon out of the armoury of hell, and is still in plentiful use; and no matter how holy a man may be, there will be some who will defame him.

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11. Psalms 35:11

    Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

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    “The person of Christ is introduced here, denounced and falsely accused at the tribunal of the chief priests when there rose up evil witnesses against him, and they repaid evil things for good and bereavement for his soul. They were called sons of God but …

    “When Saul would have David attainted of treason, in order to his being outlawed, perhaps he did it with the formalities of a legal prosecution, produced witnesses who swore some treasonable words or overt acts against him, and he being not present to clear himself (or, if he was, it was all the same), Saul adjudged him a traitor.

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12. Proverbs 6:16–19

    There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

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    “There are six things that the Lord hates, etc. He more fully indicates how detestable he is to God by sowing discord. But when the Lord says "soul," He does it in a human manner, to signify that He hates such people with full intention …

    “These six - doth the Lord hate - 1. A proud look - exalted eyes; those who will not condescend to look on the rest of mankind. 2. A lying tongue - he who neither loves nor tells truth. 3. Hands that shed innocent blood, whether by murder or by battery. 4. A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations - the heart that fabricates such, lays the foundation, builds upon it, and completes the superstructure of iniquity. 5. Feet that be swift in running to mischief - he who works iniquity with greediness.

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13. Proverbs 12:17

    He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

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    “The thought which lies below the surface is that of the inseparable union between truth and justice. The end does not justify the means, and only he who breathes and utters truth makes the righteous cause clear.

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14. Proverbs 14:5

    An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.

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    “These things we have said concerning those that in truth have been martyrs for Christ, but not concerning false martyrs, concerning whom the oracle speaks, "The name of the ungodly is extinguished." For "a faithful witness will not lie, but an unjust witness inflames lies." For he that departs this life in his testimony without lying, for the sake of the truth, is a faithful martyr, worthy to be believed in such things wherein he strove for the word of truth by his own blood. .

    “A faithful witness, &c.--one tested to be such. utter lies--or, "breathe out lies"--that is, habitually lies (Pr 6:19; compare Ac 9:1). Or the sense is, that habitual truthfulness, or lying, will be evinced in witness-bearing.

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15. Proverbs 14:8

    The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 14:81 voice

    “Is to understand his way - Instead of הבין habin, to understand, הכין hachin, to Direct his way, is found in one MS. It makes a very good sense.

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16. Proverbs 14:25

    A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is deceitful.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 14:252 voices

    “In the second clause, “destroyeth life” might have been expected as the antithesis to “delivereth souls.” But what worse could be said? “A deceitful witness speaketh lies.” All destruction is implied in falsehood.

    “A faithful witness delivers souls, etc. Christ, who is the faithful witness, liberates souls, as we read in the Apocalypse; and, as the Apostle says, he testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate (I Tim. VI). The devil, who rightly is called the deceitful, proclaims …

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