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Exodus 20:16

World English Bible

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

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Exodus 20:16 in other translations

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Exodus 20:16 · American Standard Version

Exodus 20:16 in context

  1. 14“You shall not commit adultery.
  2. 15“You shall not steal.
  3. 16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
  4. 17“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
  5. 18All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.