Bible Verses About False Witness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for false witness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 426 votes, led by Proverbs 19:5. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about False Witness
Proverbs 19:571 votes
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Exodus 23:168 votes
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Proverbs 6:16-1960 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Mark 10:1934 votes
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.
John 8:4432 votes
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Exodus 23:1-329 votes
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Exodus 20:1627 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Revelation 21:822 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Matthew 5:33-3718 votes
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Exodus 20:1-2613 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Galatians 5:1412 votes
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Leviticus 19:1210 votes
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
Isaiah 30:8-1110 votes
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Jeremiah 23:3210 votes
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.
Matthew 23:2710 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
What does the Bible say about false witness?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 19:5 on the subject of false witness. Across 426 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Exodus 23:1, Proverbs 6:16-19, Mark 10:19. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.