thou shall not bear false witness meaning

Bearing false witness against him, or in common conversation slandering, backbiting. Speaking unjustly against our neighbour, to hurt his reputation. This forbids speaking falsely on any matter, lying, equivocating, and any way devising or designing to deceive our neighbour.

] Neither publicly in a court of judicature, by laying things to his charge that are false, and swearing to them, to his hurt and damage nor privately, by whispering, tale bearing, backbiting, slandering, by telling lies of him, traducing his character by innuendos, sly insinuations, and evil suggestions, whereby he may suffer in his character, credit, and reputation, and in his trade and business Aben Ezra thinks the words describe the character of the person that is not to bear witness in any court, and to be read thus, 'thou shall not answer who art a false witness': or, 'O thou false witness': meaning that such an one should not be admitted an evidence in court, who had been convicted already of being a false witness his word and oath are not to be taken, nor should any questions be put to him, or he suffered to answer to any his depositions should have no weight with those before whom they were made, nay, even they should not be taken, nor such a person be allowed to make any but this is to put this precept in a quite different form from all the rest, and without any necessity, since the word may as well be taken for a testimony bore, as for the person that bears it: this is the ninth commandment. The ninth commandment concerns our own and our neighbour's good name. Amplified Bible You shall not testify falsely that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth against your neighbor (any person). Legacy Standard Bible You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S GOODS.ĬOMMANDS: respect for the rights of others.įORBIDS: the desire to take, to keep, or damage the property of others.Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour. NASB 1977 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE.įORBIDS: wilful impure thought and desires.ġ0.

THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR.ĬOMMANDS: truthfulness respect for the good name of others the observance of secrecy when required.įORBIDS: lying injury to the good name of others slander talebearing rash judgment contemptuous speech and the violation of secrecy.ĩ. THOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.ĬOMMANDS: reverence in speaking about God and holy things the keeping of oaths and vows.įORBIDS: blasphemy the irreverent use of God's name speaking disrespectfully of holy things false oaths and the breaking of vows.ĬOMMANDS: going to church on Sundays and holy days of obligation.įORBIDS: missing church through one's own fault unnecessary servile work on Sunday and holy days of obligation.ĬOMMANDS: love respect obedience on the part of children care on the part of parents for the spiritual and temporal welfare of their children obedience to civil and religious superiors.įORBIDS: hatred of parents and superiors disrespect disobedience.ĬOMMANDS: safeguarding of one's own life and bodily welfare and that of others.įORBIDS: unjust killing suicide abortion sterilization dueling endangering life and limb of self or others.įORBIDS: obscene speech impure actions alone or with others.ĬOMMANDS: respect for the property of rights and others the paying of just debts paying just wages to employees integrity in public office.įORBIDS: theft damage to the property of others not paying just debts not returning found or borrowed articles giving unjust measure or weight in selling not paying just wages bribery graft cheating fraud accepting stolen property not giving an honest day's work for wages received breach of contract.Ĩ. The ninth commandment, You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor (Exodus 20:16 Deuteronomy 5:20), protects our relationship with God because by.

Offenses against the truth express by word or deed a refusal to commit oneself to moral uprightness: they are fundamental. This moral prescription flows from the command for holy people to bear witness to their deity. I AM THE LORD THY GOD: THOU SHALT NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME.ĬOMMANDS: faith, hope, love, and worship of God reverence for holy things prayer.įORBIDS: idolatry superstition spiritism tempting God sacrilege attendance at false worship.Ģ. Exod.20 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.Exod.23 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.Deut.5 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.Deut. The command against false testimony is seen as a natural consequence of the command to love your neighbour as yourself.

Thou shall not bear false witness meaning