Ninth Commandment

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These are notes for an incomplete "Concept" page.

Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.


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You must not speak falsely to another.

  • We must neither lie nor withhold truth that others have a legitimate right to. We must promote truthfulness and faithfulness in all we do.
  • As with the other commands, this command represents an entire "category" of attitudes and actions.


Exodus 20 Deuteronomy 5
Exo 20:16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. Deu 5:20 "Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.



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Scripture Pages that Link to Here

Exodus 20:1-21

The original giving of the commandments.


Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Restatement of the commands, just before entering the Promised Land.


Exodus 23:1-9

No slander or false testimony. / No yielding to peer pressure. / No favoritism, for or against the poor. / Do not participate in false judging, or allow yourself to be influenced in that direction.
Also the attitude of kindness toward foreigners and enemies - an attitude which will influence your ability to have justice toward them!


Leviticus 19 (selected verses)

Lev 19:11 - ... neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another. / Lev 19:15 - You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.


Deuteronomy 23:12-14, 19-25

The need to keep any promise that a person voluntarily makes to God. To not keep it is to sin.


Deuteronomy 25:13-16

Dishonest weights and measures are a violation of the Eighth Commandment and Ninth Commandment.




Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.