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What does 8 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor mean?
“Thou shalt not bear false witness” forbids: “1. Speaking falsely in any matter, lying, equivocating, and any way devising and designing to deceive our neighbour. Speaking unjustly against our neighbour, to the prejudice of his reputation; and (which involves the guilty of both).
What does the 8th commandment forbid us to do?
The Eighth Commandment of the Ten Commandments may refer to: “Thou shalt not steal”, under the Philonic division used by Hellenistic Jews, Greek Orthodox and Protestants except Lutherans, or the Talmudic division of the third-century Jewish Talmud.
What is required by the 8th commandment?
What does the eighth Commandment require of us? Not to lie because lying is deceiving yourself and misleading others who have the right to know the truth. It is also an offense against Justice and Charity. What does our relationship to the truth have to do with God?
What does it mean to bear witness to the truth?
1 : to show that something exists or is true —+ to His success bears witness to the value of hard work. 2 formal : to make a statement saying that one saw or knows something asked to bear witness to the facts She was accused of bearing false witness at the trial.
What do we mean by the phrase to bear false witness?
To lie about or misrepresent the truth about some event, person, or thing.
Who is a false witness?
Noun. 1. false witness – a person who deliberately gives false testimony. perjurer. liar, prevaricator – a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
What does covet thy neighbors wife?
You shan’t covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. This commandment, like others, focuses on thought, or man’s heart. It’s an imperative against setting one’s desire on things that are other’s possessions. One commandment forbids stealing.
Where in the Bible does it say do not bear false witness?
Exodus 20:19
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” This Commandment is recorded in Exodus 20:19 and Deuteronomy 5:20. It is typically understood as a command not to tell lies. Yet the power and rich meaning of this simple commandment reaches far beyond the simple admonition to tell the truth.
What commandment is you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife?
the Tenth Commandment
This column discusses the Tenth Commandment: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor” (Exodus 20:17).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwDq79cPnQ