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A false witness will not go unpunished.″ king Solomon says. [18] ″A false witness will perish″ [19] if he does not repent. The narrative in 1 Kings 21 describes a case of false testimony. King Ahab of Israel tried to convince Naboth the Jezreelite to sell him the vineyard Naboth owned adjacent to the king's palace.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, Lucas Cranach the elder. Lying is strongly discouraged and forbidden by most interpretations of Christianity. Arguments for this are based on various biblical passages, especially "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour", one of the Ten Commandments. Christian theologians ...
The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) forbids perjury in at least three verses: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Exodus 20:12, part of the Ten Commandments), also phrased "Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor" (Deuteronomy 5, see Deut 5:16), and another verse "Keep yourself far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous do not kill; for I will not ...
Verse 9 alludes to Exodus 20:13–15, Deuteronomy 5:17–19, 21, and Leviticus 19:18. The King James Bible includes "You shall not bear false witness" in the verse because of its presence in the Textus Receptus. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges suggests that it is "perhaps to be omitted, on documentary evidence". [10]
The provisions for responding to a false witness in Deuteronomy 19:16–19 reflect the commandment given in Deuteronomy 5:17: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." Torah sets forth the law of "an eye for an eye" in three separate places: Exodus 21:22–25; Leviticus 24:19–21; and Deuteronomy 19:21.
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." The eighth commandment according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church [ 143 ] [ 144 ] [ 145 ] The Catechism explains that bearing false witness or "speaking a falsehood with the intention of deceiving" encompasses all violations of truth. [ 143 ]
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The Ten Commandments concern matters of fundamental importance in Judaism and Christianity: the greatest obligation (to worship only God), the greatest injury to a person (murder), the greatest injury to family bonds (adultery), the greatest injury to commerce and law (bearing false witness), the greatest inter-generational obligation (honour ...