16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
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,
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)We have here the laws of the second table, as they are commonly called, the last six of the ten commandments, comprehending our duty to ourselves and to one another, and constituting a comment upon the second great commandment, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself . As religion towards God is an essential branch of universal righteousness, so righteousness towards men is an essential branch of…
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