Bible Verses About Bearing False Witness

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

“A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.”

“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.”

“If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”

“The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

“Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.”

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

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

“A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.”

“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 three witnesses. If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you. Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.”

“Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.”

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

“You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”

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

“If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you. Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.”

“And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.”

“Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.”

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.”

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

“For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent.”

“Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

“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.”

“Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.”

“For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.”

“He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.”

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

“Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.”

“If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.”

“So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them”

“And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.”

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

“Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.”

“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

“I and the Father are one.”

“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”

“I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

“A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.”

“Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

“I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.”

“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.”

“Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

“But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward”

“Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.”

“But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”

“And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.”

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

“In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?”