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Exodus 20:16 KJV
Exodus · chapter 20 · verse 16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.Exodus 20:16 · King James Version
Exodus 20:16 in context
14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15Thou shalt not steal.
16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
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Key words (Strong's)
- witnessʻêdconcretely, a witnessH5707 →
- falsesheqeran untruthH8267 →
- bearʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17