Bible verse

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 20:16 · BSB

Exodus 20:16 in context

The verses around it, from Exodus 20.

12 Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

13 You shall not murder.

14 You shall not commit adultery.

15 You shall not steal.

16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

19 “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

20 “Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

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Exodus 20:16 in other translations

KJV

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

ASV

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

ERV

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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