Deuteronomy 5:20

20 '1You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 5:20 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 5:20

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 5:17).

Deuteronomy 5:20 In-Context

18 'You shall not commit adultery.
19 'You shall not steal.
20 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
21 'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.'
22 "These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Exodus 20:16; Exodus 23:1; Matthew 19:18
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