Top 25 Bible Verses About Bearing False Witness (NIV)

⁵ A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will not go free.

¹⁶ There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: ¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, ¹⁹ a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.

¹⁶ "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

⁹ A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish.

²⁵ Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.

¹⁸ "Which ones?" the man inquired.

⁴⁴ You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

¹ "Do not spread false reports. Do not help a wicked man by being a malicious witness.

⁴ The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

⁶ Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

⁸ But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars--their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

⁹ The commandments, "Do not commit adultery,Do not murder,Do not steal,Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

¹ Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

⁸ Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

²⁰ "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

¹⁹ a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.

¹⁸ Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is the man who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

⁵ A truthful witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies.

²⁸ A false witness will perish, and whoever listens to him will be destroyed forever.

¹⁷ A truthful witness gives honest testimony, but a false witness tells lies.

²⁸ Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.

¹⁵ One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. ¹⁶ If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime, ¹⁷ the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time. ¹⁸ The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother, ¹⁹ then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you. ²⁰ The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. ²¹ Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

¹⁹ And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

¹² Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.