Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Read in context →And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Read in context →11 occurrences in 11 verses.
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sheqer · sheh'-ker
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
Strong's KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Strong's first: Exodus 20:16Strong's last: Malachi 3:5
Open full H8267 profile →pseudoprophḗtēs · psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace
a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor
Strong's KJV usage: :--false prophet.
Strong's first: Matthew 7:15Strong's last: Luke 6:26
Open full G5578 profile →shâvᵉʼ · shawv
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Strong's KJV usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Strong's first: Exodus 23:1Strong's last: Zechariah 10:2
Open full H7723 profile →pseudomartyréō · psyoo-dom-ar-too-reh'-o
to be an untrue testifier, i.e. offer falsehood in evidence
Strong's KJV usage: :--be a false witness.
Strong's first: Mark 10:19Strong's last: Luke 18:20
Open full G5576 profile →pseudóchristos · psyoo-dokh'-ris-tos
a spurious Messiah
Strong's KJV usage: :--false Christ.
Strong's first: Matthew 24:24Strong's last: Mark 13:22
Open full G5580 profile →châmâç · khaw-mawce'
violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
Strong's KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 19:16Strong's last: Psalms 35:11
Open full H2555 profile →mirmâh · meer-maw'
fraud
Strong's KJV usage: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
Strong's first: Proverbs 11:1Strong's last: Proverbs 20:23
Open full H4820 profile →pseudḗs · psyoo-dace'
untrue, i.e. erroneous, deceitful, wicked
Strong's KJV usage: :--false, liar.
Strong's first: Acts 6:13Strong's last: Acts 6:13
Open full G5571 profile →pseudomartyría · psyoo-dom-ar-too-ree'-ah
untrue testimony
Strong's KJV usage: :--false witness.
Strong's first: Matthew 15:19Strong's last: Matthew 15:19
Open full G5577 profile →ʼâven · aw-ven'
strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
Strong's KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Strong's first: Proverbs 17:4Strong's last: Proverbs 17:4
Open full H205 profile →kâzâb · kaw-zawb'
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
Strong's KJV usage: deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying.
Strong's first: Proverbs 21:28Strong's last: Proverbs 21:28
Open full H3577 profile →rᵉmîyâh · rem-ee-yaw'
remissness, treachery
Strong's KJV usage: deceit(-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.
Strong's first: Psalms 120:3Strong's last: Psalms 120:3
Open full H7423 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
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FALSE, adjective [Latin falsus, from fallo, to deceive. See Fall and Fail.]
1. Not true; not conformable to fact; expressing what is contrary to that which exists, is done, said or thought. A false report communicates what is not done or said. A false accusation imputes to a person what he has not done or said. A false witness testifies what is not true. A false opinion is not according to truth or fact. The word is applicable to any subject, physical or moral.
2. Not well founded; as a false claim.
3. Not true; not according to the lawful standard; as a false weight or measure.
4. Substituted for another; succedaneous; supposititious; as a false bottom.
5. Counterfeit; forged; not genuine; as false coin; a false bill or note.
6. Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations; as a false foundation
FALSE and slippery ground.
7. Not agreeable to rule or propriety; as false construction in language.
8. Not honest or just; not fair; as false play.
9. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful. The king's subjects may prove false to him. So we say, a false heart.
10. Unfaithful; inconstant; as a false friend; a false lover; false to promises and vows.
The husband and wife proved false to each other.
11. Deceitful; treacherous; betraying secrets.
12. Counterfeit; not genuine or real; as a false diamond.
13. Hypocritical; feigned; made or assumed for the purpose of deception; as false tears; false modesty. The man appears in false colors. The advocate gave the subject a false coloring.
FALSE fire, a blue flame, made by the burning of certain combustibles, in a wooden tube; used as a signal during the night.
FALSE imprisonment, the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
FALSE, adverb Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
FALSE, verb transitive
1. To violate by failure of veracity; to deceive. obsolete
2. To defeat; to balk; to evade. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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