¹⁷ He who is truthful testifies honestly, But a false witness lies.

⁵ A truthful witness will not lie, But a false witness pours out lies.

²⁵ A truthful witness saves souls, But a false witness is deceitful.

¹⁹ A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers.

¹⁶ having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good manner of life in Christ.

¹³ and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

²⁸ Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

²⁸ A false witness will perish, And a man who listens speaks to eternity.

²⁸ A corrupt witness mocks justice, And the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

¹⁴ Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?

¹⁵ Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.