Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour--a false testimony.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.
Voices1
If I see a man do an evil thing, and tell it to another, unless from a full and clear conviction, that it is necessary to mention it just then, for the glory of God, the safety or good of some other person, or for the benefit of him that hath done amiss; and unless I then do it only so far, as is necessary to these ends, that is evil-speaking.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches8
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
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.
“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.
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
leads to
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or…
Through
Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
leads to
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
leads to
A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
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